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Fly or Wasp? - Xenox tigrinus
Copyright © 2008 EvelynE

Fly or Wasp? - Xenox tigrinus
Saint Louis County, Missouri, USA
August 5, 2008
Size: Dime size

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Contributed by EvelynE on 6 October, 2009 - 7:23pm
Last updated 8 October, 2009 - 5:48pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 8 October, 2009 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

Nice specimen.
This specimen looks very fresh, too, with all its silvery scales intact. Thanks for sharing, Evelyn.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 October, 2009 - 9:50am login or register to post comments

Definitely a fly
Perhaps a Progressive Bee Fly? Take a look at the photos in the guide. I'm not an expert. I have photographed one.

Marcia
… Marcia Sessions, 6 October, 2009 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Terminology issue
From Andy Calderwood, one of our experts...

'I don't know the name "Progressive Bee Fly."'

That doesn't keep it from popping up here from time to time, but if you try to find a photo of one here, you're in for a problem.
… Ron Hemberger, 7 October, 2009 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

I'm not an expert
But take a look at the Tiger Bee Flies:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/2803

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… Dan Leeder, 6 October, 2009 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Dan's nailed it.
Only Xenox species in the east.
… Ron Hemberger, 6 October, 2009 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Tiger Bee Fly
I thank you all. This was a beautiful fly. I caught it or its relative two days later. I have added a couple of photos. I always caught it on a grayish or silvery background or is this just because I could see it better on a grayish or silvery background? It looks to me to have transparent or silvery scales or both?
… EvelynE, 7 October, 2009 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

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