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Colorful fly - Xylomya pallidifemur
Copyright © 2009 Roy Sigafus

Colorful fly - Xylomya pallidifemur
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
June 7, 2009
Size: 1.5 cm
Not quite sure where to start looking for this one. One of perhaps five different species this day which initially (when it first landed) resembled a Ichneumon Wasp by coloration and/or behavior. This however, is truly diptera.
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Contributed by Roy Sigafus on 8 June, 2009 - 9:36pm
Last updated 10 June, 2009 - 4:52pm

Moved
Moved from Xylomya.
… v belov, 10 June, 2009 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

Sweet!
Your images are really magnificent. Thanks for sharing them here. I agree with the ID, by the way.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 June, 2009 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

Reminds us of some of the Xylomya
such as , but wait for a dipterid expert. (look at the recently posted sawfly!
… john and jane balaban, 8 June, 2009 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

 
"recently posted sawfly"
the semblance struck me once i've seen this pic (minutes after commenting that sawfly) -- but i didn't realize until now that the name of the cousin fly (X. tenthredinoides) emphasizes this very fact!
… v belov, 10 June, 2009 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Xylomya pallidifemur
Looks right to me:)
… Miles Zhang, 10 June, 2009 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

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