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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Toxophorinae » Geron » Subgenus Empidigeron (Geron Subgenus Empidigeron)
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Help me retire my waffle iron. - Geron
Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Help me retire my waffle iron. - Geron
San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
June 20, 2007
I've been waffling between bee fly, syrphid, and none of the above. So who is it?
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 29 June, 2007 - 11:58pm
Last updated 21 March, 2015 - 1:49am

Moved
Moved from Geron.
… John S. Ascher, 21 March, 2015 - 1:49am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Joel Kits, 9 September, 2007 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Joel.
I was beginning to fear it was a stiletto fly!
… Ron Hemberger, 9 September, 2007 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

Bee fly.
This is almost certainly a bee fly of some sort. Venation excludes syrphids immediately.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 July, 2007 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Eric.
I need to learn a bit about the venation difference, as I vaguely remember encountering it once before.
… Ron Hemberger, 2 July, 2007 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

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