xantheopalpus bicolor - Xanthoepalpus bicolor

County

Hi Coultersca:

I think Coconino County would be correct, not Yavapai.

… David Moll, 24 June, 2009 - 12:33pm

Thank you Flagstaff , AZ is i

Thank you Flagstaff , AZ is in Coconino county. Hart Prairie has these bright yellow flowers ( at some elevation so it is cool. )
I gather the insect leaves the eggs on the flowers which then are carried off by butterflies . The eggs then eat the butterflies.

… coultersca, 24 June, 2009 - 6:04pm

Tachinidae: Xanthoepalpus bicolor

That is the correct ID...this is not Belvosia

… Norm Woodley, 13 April, 2009 - 1:00pm

Moved

Moved from Tachinidae.

… Keith Bayless, 3 November, 2008 - 1:28am

Not Belvosia. Maybe the Midriff Fly?

… Andy Calderwood, 1 December, 2007 - 7:21pm

midriff fly

the name seems appropriate but i have no trace of a 'midriff fly'.
where can i look to find information? thank you.

… coultersca, 4 December, 2007 - 9:12pm

yellow and black tachinid

simon and schuster guide, xanthoepalpas bicolor.

… coultersca, 7 March, 2008 - 8:51pm