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Meet Bizarro, a fly I guess - Ripiphorus rex - female
Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Meet Bizarro, a fly I guess - Ripiphorus rex - Female
Riley Wilderness Park, Coto de Caza, Orange County, California, USA
June 9, 2007
Mission accomplished, apparently

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Meet Bizarro, a fly I guess - Ripiphorus rex - female Meet Bizarro, a fly I guess - Ripiphorus rex - female Meet Bizarro, a fly I guess - Ripiphorus rex - female Meet Bizarro, a fly I guess - Ripiphorus rex - female Meet Bizarro, a fly I guess - Ripiphorus rex - female Meet Bizarro, a fly I guess - Ripiphorus rex - female Meet Bizarro, a fly I guess - Ripiphorus rex
Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 9 June, 2007 - 9:41pm
Last updated 10 May, 2012 - 11:12am

Moved
Moved from Ripiphorus vierecki.
… v belov, 10 May, 2012 - 11:12am

Moved
Moved from Ripiphorus.
… v belov, 20 June, 2010 - 7:22am

Ovipositing
I think this is ovipositing, so it's a female, whatever type of Rhipiphorid it is.
… Cotinis, 10 June, 2007 - 4:56am

 
yup
Its a female (notice also the reduced antennae as compared to males of this genus). Eggs hatch on flowers and larvae hitch a ride on visiting bees, parasitising bee larvae upon returning to the nest.
… Noah Elhardt, 10 June, 2007 - 5:22am

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