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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini » Hemipenthes » Sinuous Bee Fly (Hemipenthes sinuosa)
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Sinuous Bee Fly - Hemipenthes sinuosa
Copyright © 2013 Kevin Hall

Sinuous Bee Fly - Hemipenthes sinuosa
Valpe Ridge, Alameda County, California, USA
June 26, 2013
Hemipenthes?

Elevation: 3000-3500'
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Contributed by Kevin Hall on 30 June, 2013 - 6:38pm
Last updated 30 June, 2013 - 11:13pm

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Kevin Hall, 30 June, 2013 - 11:12pm login or register to post comments

Good call, Kevin.
Now, can you make the leap to species? I'll bet you can. (Compare pattern on wings, especially near the tip.)
… Ron Hemberger, 30 June, 2013 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

 
hey, Ron!
Good to hear from you. Was IDing some butterflies over the weekend from a vacation trip this last week. Some of them were on an Orange Co. site...and guess whose name I run across: the inimitable Mr. Hemberger, of course!

As to our Hemipenthes friend, I didn't think species was doable. Isn't there like hundreds of them in the guide just to genus? Are you pulling my leg? I'll give it a try, but if you *are* pulling my leg, you know I'll get even!! :)
… Kevin Hall, 30 June, 2013 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

 
You've nailed it, Kevin.
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… Ron Hemberger, 30 June, 2013 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

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