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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini » Poecilanthrax » Poecilanthrax effrenus
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Bee Fly - Poecilanthrax effrenus - Poecilanthrax effrenus
Copyright © 2010 Clifford Powell

Bee Fly - Poecilanthrax effrenus - Poecilanthrax effrenus
Bitter Lakes NWR, Chaves County, New Mexico, USA
July 1, 2010
There were many 'bugs' feeding off this wildflower but I only noticed one of this species. Area was not far from water but in a dry landscape environment.
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Contributed by Clifford Powell on 2 July, 2010 - 10:26am
Last updated 26 July, 2010 - 10:22pm

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Joel Kits, 26 July, 2010 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 July, 2010 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

Bee Fly -
we've had a few of these bee flies lately at BG - here is a recent one:



Suggest moving to that family page for now.
… Ken Schneider, 2 July, 2010 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

 
Probably Poecilanthrax effrenus
See Andy Calderwood's comment on this image:



(Ron Hemberger called my attention to this yesterday.)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 July, 2010 - 10:57am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the link.
It looks like this is Poecilanthrax effrenus. Appreciate the help.
… Clifford Powell, 2 July, 2010 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

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