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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Aphoebantini » Aphoebantus » Aphoebantus mus
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ID for bee fly? - Aphoebantus mus - male
Copyright © 2011 nvhamlett@gmail.com

ID for bee fly? - Aphoebantus mus - Male
Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
September 11, 2011
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ID for bee fly? - Aphoebantus mus - male ID for bee fly? - Aphoebantus mus - male ID for bee fly? - Aphoebantus mus - male
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Contributed by nvhamlett@gmail.com on 11 September, 2011 - 10:32pm
Last updated 13 September, 2011 - 11:34am

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 13 September, 2011 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

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Looks like Aphoebantus mus, male.
… Andy Calderwood, 13 September, 2011 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks, Andy! This will be a new species for our field station invert list as well as the first BugGuide posting from California.
… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 13 September, 2011 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

 
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Great to hear it. I love it whenever you can punch up a species list. It's odd that there are no postings for CA. It's very common here, though it is rarely abundant. You usually just spot one or two.
… Andy Calderwood, 13 September, 2011 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

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