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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Aschiza » Scuttle Flies (Phoridae) » Ant-decapitating Flies (Apocephalus) » Apocephalus borealis
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Unknown insect on back of Bee - Apocephalus borealis
Copyright © 2009 Kimberly G. O'Harrow

Unknown insect on back of Bee - Apocephalus borealis
Silverton, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Size: Tiny
I took this sometime in the Spring of 2008 and just wondered if anyone could identify the insect on the Bee's back. Taken in the morning. Thanks for any help, Kimberly
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Contributed by Kimberly G. O'Harrow on 30 July, 2009 - 10:44am
Last updated 3 September, 2009 - 2:53pm

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… Ken Schneider, 3 September, 2009 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

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… Ken Schneider, 27 August, 2009 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a fly.
Tighter cropping would probably help in ID.
… Ron Hemberger, 30 July, 2009 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

 
identification
Apocephalus (Mesophora) borealis (Diptera: Phoridae). They are parasitoids of bumble bees and other hosts. Cool photo.

Brian
… Brian V. Brown, 3 September, 2009 - 2:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thanks for the id. It is one of those cool shots you don't know you've taken til you get home. Thanks again, Kimberly
… Kimberly G. O'Harrow, 3 September, 2009 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

 
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Kimberly,

Would you please email me at my work address bbrown[at]nhm.org? Your photo is scientifically important, and I'd like to discuss it with you.

Thanks,
Brian
… Brian V. Brown, 3 September, 2009 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

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