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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Volucellini » Volucella » Volucella facialis
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Bee-mimic Syrphid - Volucella facialis
Copyright © 2013 Stephen Hart

Bee-mimic Syrphid - Volucella facialis
Dungeness Wildlife Reserve, Sequim, Clallam County, Washington, USA
June 3, 2013
My best shot of the wing. I can maybe see a very reduced spurious vein here.

This photo was taken less than 100 feet from this one:

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Contributed by Stephen Hart on 3 June, 2013 - 8:25pm
Last updated 5 January, 2022 - 1:30pm

Moved
Moved from undescribed Volucella sp..
… Even Dankowicz, 5 January, 2022 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Volucella bombylans-complex.
… Even Dankowicz, 5 January, 2022 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

More Photos and Video
More photos and a short video on my Olympic Natural History web site.
http://onh.eugraph.com/insects/flies/syrphids/volucella
… Stephen Hart, 7 April, 2018 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Please add the side view from
Please add the side view from that site to bugguide? it is necessary to see the side of the thorax to confirm the ID
… Even Dankowicz, 5 January, 2022 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Volucella.
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