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Photo#178738
unknown wasp - Physoconops

unknown wasp - Physoconops
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
April 24, 2008
Size: 1/2 inch approx
was has landed on flowers of a Phacelia species

Looks to be a fly
in the Conopidae. We always have trouble with these, but see

 
Yes it is a Conopid...
Yes it is a Conopid...

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