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Which fly is this, please? - Mallota - male
Copyright © 2007 Thomas of Baltimore City

Which fly is this, please? - Mallota - Male
Herring Run Watershed, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
May 31, 2007
Size: robust
Hope this is a different bee-mimic fly... I would like to keep my head.

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Which fly is this, please? - Mallota - male Which fly is this, please? - Mallota
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Contributed by Thomas of Baltimore City on 31 May, 2007 - 3:59pm
Last updated 23 April, 2009 - 4:58pm

Looks like a male Mallota
Looks like a male Mallota
… Martin Hauser, 31 May, 2007 - 6:48pm login or register to post comments

 
The
shape of his body reminds me of the Volkswagen Beetles.
… Thomas of Baltimore City, 31 May, 2007 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

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