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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Xylotina » Brachypalpus » subgenus Crioprora (Brachypalpus subgenus Crioprora) » Brachypalpus femorata
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Brachypalpus? - Brachypalpus femorata
Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Brachypalpus? - Brachypalpus femorata
Mill Creek Summit area, ~4970 ft. altitude, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 2, 2007
Size: ~12 mm
Taking nectar in Rhus trilobata (Skunkbrush).
Looks like it might be related to Brachypalpus.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 9 April, 2007 - 12:34pm
Last updated 18 April, 2021 - 3:54pm

Moved
Moved from Brachypalpus cyanella.
… Kevin Moran, 18 April, 2021 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Brachypalpus cyanogaster.
… Martin Hauser, 11 April, 2012 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Brachypalpus.
… Martin Hauser, 11 April, 2012 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

Sweet fly! I have not seen en
Sweet fly! I have not seen enough material to identify them to species, but for now Brachyopalpus would be a good guess...
… Martin Hauser, 10 April, 2007 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Martin,
it was using the same Skunkbrush (Rhus trilobata) thicket for nectar as many other insects, including a metallic green Andrena.
… Hartmut Wisch, 10 April, 2007 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep, they try to look like a
Yep, they try to look like a bee... that is for sure... very nice metallic coloration..
… Martin Hauser, 10 April, 2007 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

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