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Desert bee fly
Copyright © 2017 cae1

Desert bee fly
La Quinta, Riverside County, California, USA
September 20, 2017
Size: 1cm long

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Contributed by cae1 on 20 September, 2017 - 11:00pm
Last updated 21 September, 2017 - 3:39am

Looks a lot like a male of Lepidanthrax hyalinipennis
Nice catch! Among US beefly species the all-silvery dorsal side of the abdomen is unique to the males of L. hyalinipennis, as far as I know. And the same suspects also love Petalonyx north of Joshua Tree, here's one I saw along Hwy 62 a few years after yours during pandemic times.
… Paul De Ley, 9 May, 2023 - 7:42pm login or register to post comments

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