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Bee Mimic - Mallota posticata
Copyright © 2006 Jackie

Bee Mimic - Mallota posticata
Essex, Ontario, Canada
June 1, 2006
Size: About 25 mm

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Contributed by Jackie on 2 June, 2006 - 7:47am
Last updated 2 June, 2006 - 12:38pm

Mallota
This is a Mallota posticata.. I guess my wrong identification of the Criorhina mislead you... sorry about that. A good way to separate Criorhina and Mallota is to look at the wing and the vein r4+5 should be looped like in this picture, then it is Mallota, if it is straight it could be a Criorhina...
Sorry about the confusion...
Martin
… Martin Hauser, 2 June, 2006 - 12:41pm

 
I'm just as guilty - I didn't
I'm just as guilty - I didn't considered wing venation at all.
… Jackie, 2 June, 2006 - 2:10pm

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