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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Volucellini » Volucella » Volucella evecta
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Syrphid Flies Volucella evecta - Volucella evecta
Copyright © 2010 Kurt Hennige

Syrphid Flies Volucella evecta - Volucella evecta
Arnprior, Ontario, Canada
July 11, 2010
Size: 12-14mm

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Contributed by Kurt Hennige on 16 July, 2010 - 11:40pm
Last updated 24 August, 2022 - 11:58am

Moved
Moved from Volucella bombylans-complex.
… Even Dankowicz, 5 January, 2022 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Martin Hauser, 17 July, 2010 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

lured....
Seems as if the mimicry works: It is a flower fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) mimicking bumble-bees. Your shots showing a female specimen of Volucella bombylans.

so long,
xylo
… Bjoern Rulik, 17 July, 2010 - 2:02am login or register to post comments

 
Bumble Bee-Flower Fly
Did fool me. Thank you so much for you help.
… Kurt Hennige, 17 July, 2010 - 6:07am login or register to post comments

 
Best way to tell them apart...
Look at the antennae on these guys, then look at the antennae of bees. The flys have aristate antennae, the three segmented antennae, with a hair sticking out. Bees have longer, more filiform antennae.

here's a good illustration:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Insect_antennae.svg/750px-Insect_antennae.svg.png
… Natalie Hernandez, 17 July, 2010 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

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