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Inky Bee-fly - Anthrax aterrimus
Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Inky Bee-fly - Anthrax aterrimus
Snowhill Road north of Cabin Branch Creek, Treyburn area, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 25, 2004
Size: circa 13 mm
Thanks for help with identification--see comments on this image:

A female? Looks like an ovipositor protruding from the abdomen. It was hovering in front of the wall to a building very methodically, perhaps (?) searching for its host.
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Contributed by Cotinis on 27 May, 2004 - 3:02pm
Last updated 21 February, 2007 - 9:47am

Moved
Moved from Anthrax.
… Joel Kits, 21 February, 2007 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

Anthrax?
Pretty sure it is Anthrax. One of you computer whizzes should e-mail this to Dr. Neal Evenhuis at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii. He is one of the world's leading authorities on North American Bombyliidae. Apologies for not having his address handy.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 June, 2004 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

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