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Bee Fly? - Exoprosopa fasciata
Copyright © 2007 Will Chatfield-Taylor

Bee Fly? - Exoprosopa fasciata
Prairie Center, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
July 25, 2007
Some sort of Bee Fly I think. I thought maybe Villa, but it doesn't have clear wings... Any ideas?
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Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 25 July, 2007 - 11:27pm
Last updated 26 July, 2007 - 5:04pm

Exoprosopini
in this case (three submarginals); I think this is Exoprosopa fasciata.
… Hartmut Wisch, 25 July, 2007 - 11:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks dead on, thanks, I was
Looks dead on, thanks, I was stumped
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 26 July, 2007 - 12:03am login or register to post comments

Bee fly it is
Genus Villa do all seem to have clear wings, but go back a step to tribe Villini, and there are wings like your specimen's.
… Ron Hemberger, 25 July, 2007 - 11:40pm login or register to post comments

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