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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria) » Laphria index
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Unknown - Laphria index
Copyright © 2007 Michael Pettigrew

Unknown - Laphria index
GreatFalls, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
June 1, 2007
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Contributed by Michael Pettigrew on 10 June, 2007 - 9:59am
Last updated 26 June, 2007 - 3:37pm

Looks like a male
Herschel has said our golden orange ones are part of the Laphria index - index complex. Don't know if that will be true for yours or not. Images in the guide here
… john and jane balaban, 10 June, 2007 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I think you are right! Is it possible that this fly can look more gold at some point in its life? I swear that I saw a similar fly 2-3 weeks ago and it was totally gold.
… Michael Pettigrew, 10 June, 2007 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

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