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Bee Fly - Chrysanthrax cypris
Copyright © 2008 Robert Lord Zimlich

Bee Fly - Chrysanthrax cypris
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
May 31, 2008
According to Kaufman Guide, the only yellow bee fly with this wing pattern
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 12 November, 2008 - 9:28am
Last updated 20 November, 2009 - 10:52am

C. cypris
ID is correct, but be careful - there are other similar bee flies with predominately yellow bodies and half-black wings (eg. some Paravilla).
… Joel Kits, 12 November, 2008 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks for the heads-up on Paravilla. Remarkably similar. Fortunately for me, the distribution range appears to be in the west.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 12 November, 2008 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

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