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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Volucellini » Copestylum » Comstock's Bromeliad Fly (Copestylum comstocki)
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Bee? - Copestylum comstocki - female
Copyright © 2012 Liz Baker-Bullock

Bee? - Copestylum comstocki - Female
Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County, California, USA
March 20, 2012
Size: 1.25 cm
On a Plum tree and was all black.
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Contributed by Liz Baker-Bullock on 20 March, 2012 - 7:30pm
Last updated 23 July, 2019 - 4:26pm

Moved
Moved from Anna's Bromeliad Fly.
… Martin Hauser, 23 July, 2019 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Copestylum.
… Martin Hauser, 28 February, 2015 - 11:46pm login or register to post comments

There are two specimens here.
There are two specimens here. This is a female, the other a male. Please separate.
… Bill Dean Canada, 28 February, 2015 - 11:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Good catch.
Unlinked.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 March, 2015 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 April, 2012 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 20 March, 2012 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

No, fly.
This is a syrphid, probably in the genus Copestylum.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 March, 2012 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Good to genus
.
… Ron Hemberger, 5 April, 2012 - 11:51pm login or register to post comments

Fly
I won't attempt to take it further than that (at least not before looking around a bit).

EDIT: Well, I guess Eric's saved me the trouble. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 20 March, 2012 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

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