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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Anthracini » Anthrax » Anthrax varicolor
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OC Bee Fly Archives - Anthrax varicolor
Copyright © 2009 Ron Hemberger

OC Bee Fly Archives - Anthrax varicolor
Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
June 21, 2009
I saw several different insects flying over what I call Table-Top Town, a small nesting site for Diadasia bees. Among them were a buprestid, cuckoo wasp, this bee fly, and another (Exoprosopa doris). There were also some tiny bee-like insects landing on the ground; I have yet to get a handle on these but am guessing male Diadasia.

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 23 June, 2009 - 10:46am
Last updated 28 June, 2009 - 10:55pm

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I'll say Anthrax varicolor.
… Andy Calderwood, 23 June, 2009 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Andy
It's a new one for me. Hopefully, I'll get a better shot later.
… Ron Hemberger, 23 June, 2009 - 11:43pm login or register to post comments

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