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Bee Fly - Anthrax georgicus
Copyright © 2008 Jon M. Yuschock

Bee Fly - Anthrax georgicus
Elysburg, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 21, 2008
At least, I think it's a bee fly. Found him hovering around in our tree nursery early this morning. I saw a few similar images here in the guide but nothing that actually matched. This is the clearest of several shots. Male?
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Contributed by Jon M. Yuschock on 21 July, 2008 - 1:12pm
Last updated 1 August, 2008 - 10:11pm

Moved
Wing pattern is identical to Hemipenthes morio, but Hemipenthes never have the silvery scales at the tip of the abdomen found in many male Anthrax. This is A. georgicus.

Moved from Hemipenthes.
… Joel Kits, 1 August, 2008 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the ID, Joel.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 2 August, 2008 - 10:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Joel's the man, too.
Ugh, now I can't rely 100% on wing patterns in bee flies. I'm so disillusioned!
… Ron Hemberger, 1 August, 2008 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

Nice. Hemipenthes, I think.
Several similar ones on this page:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/4344/bgimage
… Ron Hemberger, 21 July, 2008 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ron
I did look through some of those earlier but couldn't seem to find a good match. But I have to think you are probably right. Perhaps Andy will know it for certain.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 21 July, 2008 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Andy's the man.
I swear I saw another bee fly here that looked like yours. Wonder if it's in ID request, or some more general section. Will let you know if I run across it.
… Ron Hemberger, 21 July, 2008 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

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