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Which bee-mimic fly, please? - Mallota
Copyright © 2007 Thomas of Baltimore City

Which bee-mimic fly, please? - Mallota
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
May 1, 2007
On Alliaria petiolata blooms.

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Which bee-mimic fly, please? - Mallota Which bumblebee-mimic fly, please? - Mallota
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Contributed by Thomas of Baltimore City on 1 May, 2007 - 6:36pm
Last updated 2 May, 2007 - 11:10am

Moved
Moved from Aschiza.
… Martin Hauser, 2 May, 2007 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

Nope, it is not a Merodon, lo
Nope, it is not a Merodon, looks more like a Mallota to me... Mallota is bigger than Merodon - just looks different...
… Martin Hauser, 2 May, 2007 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the correction.
I was wrong when I thought I was right, and right when I feared I was wrong. Ahhhh!
… Ron Hemberger, 2 May, 2007 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

Looks like Narcissus bulb fly (Merodon equestris) to me
but I've seen exactly one of these in the wild.
Check this and other images:
… Ron Hemberger, 1 May, 2007 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Seems...
...appropriate as there are at least two feral species of narcissus growing wild in my woods.
… Thomas of Baltimore City, 1 May, 2007 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Made a liar out of myself
Actually, I see that I've shot two, both in Maryland. One at Chevy Chase near my daughter's home in DC and the other at Glen Echo Park in Silver Springs. Neat creatures!
… Ron Hemberger, 1 May, 2007 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

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