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Small Insect w/Proboscis - Stylogaster neglecta
Copyright © 2008 cam

Small Insect w/Proboscis - Stylogaster neglecta
Fairfield Glade (Cumberland Plateau), Cumberland County, Tennessee, USA
August 24, 2008
Size: Small
Saw this very small insect sipping nectar from my Butterfly Bush in the afternoon. Very slender w/clearwings folded over it's back. 4 or 5 body segments in black & yellow. Large round head. The most noticible things: a skinny tail w/white tip that pumped up & down AND a very long folding proboscis which seemed to come from it's abdomen.
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Contributed by cam on 27 August, 2008 - 10:05am
Last updated 23 September, 2008 - 4:08pm

Stylogaster, Agreed
Just going through some of the guide images and found one that is similar under, Stylogaster neglecta. Not sure if that's it but it looks close.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 27 August, 2008 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Looks
Like Stylogaster to me. Female.
… Herschel Raney, 27 August, 2008 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

Hard for me
to tell from the image, but it looks as though it may be a fly of some type. Certainly one I'm not familiar with if it is. I hope one of our experts will know it.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 27 August, 2008 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

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