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Mexican Cactus Fly - Copestylum mexicanum - male

Mexican Cactus Fly - Copestylum mexicanum - Male
Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego County, California, USA
Size: Body Length 17mm
Wingspan 39 mm

Collected in 1973

Cactus was common, and so were these large flies.