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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Volucellini » Copestylum » Spotted-wing Bromeliad Fly (Copestylum satur)
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I thought this was just a honeybee, but the face, antennae, and wings look wrong. Is it a fly of some type? - Copestylum satur - female
Copyright © 2014 Woodworker

I thought this was just a honeybee, but the face, antennae, and wings look wrong. Is it a fly of some type? - Copestylum satur - Female
Inside the Grand Canyon on the Tonto Plateau, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
April 27, 2008
Size: 3/4"
My nephew took this picture on a Grand Canyon hike in 2008 and recently sent it to me. I thought it was just a bee...........but now I'm not sure.
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Contributed by Woodworker on 8 June, 2014 - 3:27pm
Last updated 19 July, 2020 - 2:41am

Moved
Moved from Copestylum.
… Martin Hauser, 27 February, 2015 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

location data needs correction: text in a wrong field, reads...
"Grand Canyon National Park County..."
… v belov, 14 June, 2014 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.

Ken's right (as usual) - Copestylum. Note the conical face and wing veination. Sadly there are 35 species, so it may take a while to get it to species...
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 8 June, 2014 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

Cropped and moved for expert attention.
Moved from ID Request.

Copestylum, perhaps?

… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 June, 2014 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Genus?
I suspected it might be some type of syrphid, can you or anyone get it at least to genus?
… Woodworker, 8 June, 2014 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

 
I added a guess to my comment :)
Others will confirm or correct.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 June, 2014 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

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