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Strange Fly? - Hemipenthes sinuosa
Copyright © 2005 Brian Malow

Strange Fly? - Hemipenthes sinuosa
Glen Canyon Park, San Francisco, California, USA
June 18, 2005
Size: approx. 20mm
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Contributed by Brian Malow on 21 June, 2005 - 4:58am
Last updated 15 August, 2005 - 10:47pm

image moved
from Bombyliidae page, based on distinguishing characters listed on species page.
… Robin McLeod, 15 August, 2005 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

Bee Fly
Whatever it is I recently took a shot of one of these as well. I was thinking a bee fly, Genus Hemipenthes.
See here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/21235/bgimage
… T. Foster, 21 June, 2005 - 5:41am login or register to post comments

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