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Colorful Bee - Spilomyia

Colorful Bee - Spilomyia
Range, Conecuh County, Alabama, USA
June 3, 2007
Size: 2.1 cm
Caught in a spider web. Removed the bee, chilled, photographed and released. ID help needed. Thanks. Darryl

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Moved
Moved from Spilomyia texana.

Moved
Moved from Spilomyia alcimus.

This is a yellowjacket fly
I am guessing that you have a Spilomyia sp. perhaps longicornis in the famiy Syrphidae. See guide pictures.

 
Thank you Scott
I'll follow your leads. Darryl

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