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Red colored nectar sipping fly? - Cosmosoma myrodora
Copyright © 2008 Mary C. Boyer

Red colored nectar sipping fly? - Cosmosoma myrodora
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
September 25, 2008
Size: inch long maybe
Saw this at Kingsley Plantation. Sipping from Spanish Needle flowers with the Fritillaries. Is it a fly or a weird butterfly? Can someone help identify please? Thank you.
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Contributed by Mary C. Boyer on 27 September, 2008 - 12:31pm
Last updated 27 September, 2008 - 5:18pm

Great shot!
These are great little moths.
… Alan Chin-Lee, 27 September, 2008 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

Scarlet wasp moth.
Beautiful creatures, i'd love to see one.

… Borealfalcon, 27 September, 2008 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

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