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Fly? - Lepidophora lutea
Copyright © 2004 Alan Syverud

Fly? - Lepidophora lutea
Midland, Michigan, USA
August 7, 2004
Insect feeding at a Coreopsis bloom that is about 40 mm across (petal tip to tip). Mid-afternoon.

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Fly? - Lepidophora lutea Fly? - Lepidophora lutea
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Contributed by Alan Syverud on 9 December, 2004 - 9:58pm
Last updated 11 December, 2005 - 12:14pm

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… Beatriz Moisset, 9 October, 2005 - 5:48am login or register to post comments

Bee fly
Looks like the bee fly Lepidophora lepidocera, see http://bugguide.net/node/view/2772, but there are two other species of Lepidophora in North America.

Paul

PS: I had already written this comment before I saw the comment on the other image. Apparently Joel is better at home with them than I am. ;-)

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… Paul Beuk, 10 December, 2004 - 4:03am login or register to post comments

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