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Bee fly - Villa
Copyright © 2007 Steve Kortum

Bee fly - Villa
Weldon Spring, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
June 23, 2007
Size: ~12 mm
Looks like a bee fly possibly Villa.
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Contributed by Steve Kortum on 23 June, 2007 - 5:23pm
Last updated 12 July, 2007 - 3:11pm

It is a Villa -
R2+3 comes off at a right angle, thus Villini . Abdominal markings, clear wings, two submarginal cells, discal cell acute at apex, make it a Villa .
… Hartmut Wisch, 23 June, 2007 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Villa lateralis-possible
I have exact one in AL but need ID, too
Good source for ID: http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/diptera/Villa3.htm
… daike tian, 12 July, 2008 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

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