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Black and White Fly - Spilomyia fusca
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Black and White Fly - Spilomyia fusca
Thornton, New Hampshire, USA
August 10, 2007
Is this a fly, a bee, or what?
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Contributed by AKCeltics19 on 12 January, 2008 - 3:22pm
Last updated 18 January, 2008 - 4:32pm

Bald-faced Hornet mimic
We're not experts, but we think it is Spilomyia fusca. We found it in Field Guide to Insects of N.A. by Eric Eaton, p. 299. Also check examples in the Guide under Spilomyia fusca.

Loren & Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
… Loren & Babs Padelford, 12 January, 2008 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

I'll be glad
when an expert says what it is. It looks like a fly trying to fake it's a bald-faced hornet. I'm curious.
… Sharon and Bill Harris, 12 January, 2008 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

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