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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Bombyliinae » Bombyliini » Bombylius » Subgenus Bombylius (Bombylius Subgenus Bombylius) » Greater Bee Fly (Bombylius major)
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Bombyliid of some kind ? - Bombylius major
Copyright © 2009 Gary McDonald

Bombyliid of some kind ? - Bombylius major
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
February 24, 2009
Size: ~10mm total length.
Saw this guy on Ceanothus in our garden. (live oak/chaparral habitat).
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 8 July, 2009 - 11:16am
Last updated 25 July, 2009 - 3:12pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 25 July, 2009 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Bombylius sp.
It's a little hard to make out the wing veins. Not an ID, but there's an outside chance it's this one:


If you don't get an expert ID on this one after a few days, please move to Bee Flies.
… Ron Hemberger, 8 July, 2009 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

 
I agree with Ron's assessment of Bombylius
No scientific process behind my species guess, except that I am a firm believer in insects returning to the scene of the crime (so to speak)... Here's a similar-looking pic of yours that was somewhat tentatively identified as B. major:

… Harsi S. Parker, 8 July, 2009 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
The season especially points to B major, even if morphology is mostly aflutter.
… Andy Calderwood, 8 July, 2009 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

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