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Fly or Bee Species () Gensburg - Markham Prairie Cook County IL June 2015 Week #23 Jeff Skrentny IMG_8516 - Bombylius
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Fly or Bee Species () Gensburg - Markham Prairie Cook County IL June 2015 Week #23 Jeff Skrentny IMG_8516 - Bombylius
Gensburg - Markham Prairie, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 9, 2015
Size: 18mm
I think that this is a fly, but it might be a bee
Contributed by Jeff Skrentny on 10 June, 2015 - 11:53pm
Last updated 12 July, 2015 - 8:35pm

Moved
Looks interesting, but not enough detail for a confident ID. This might be B. fraudulentus.

Moved from Bombyliinae.
… Joel Kits, 12 July, 2015 - 8:35pm

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 17 June, 2015 - 11:10pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 June, 2015 - 5:05am

Yes, a bee fly!
Might be challenging to say which one :(
… john and jane balaban, 11 June, 2015 - 12:09am

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