Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Photo#8245
Mydas Fly - Mydas clavatus

Mydas Fly - Mydas clavatus
Snowhill Road north of Cabin Branch Creek, Treyburn area, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 7, 2003
Taking nectar at cultivated Abelia. This is, perhaps, a male, as mostly males are thought to take nectar. This photo shows the wing venation well.

Images of this individual: tag all
Mydas clavatus taking nectar - Mydas clavatus Mydas Fly - Mydas clavatus