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Wasp? - Xenox tigrinus
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Wasp? - Xenox tigrinus
Stewartsville, Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey, USA
August 5, 2008

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Contributed by Robert Kane on 5 August, 2008 - 11:16am
Last updated 8 August, 2008 - 9:18pm

bee fly
this is a mimic--it's a bee fly of some kind. Not my area of knowledge, but perhaps another member will be able to give you an exact species.
… Nina, 5 August, 2008 - 11:33am

 
ID
It's Xenox tigrinus.
… Andy Calderwood, 5 August, 2008 - 5:39pm

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