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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini » Poecilanthrax » Poecilanthrax bicellata
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Bee Fly - Poecilanthrax bicellata
Copyright © 2007 Tom Bentley

Bee Fly - Poecilanthrax bicellata
Indiana Dunes NL, Lake County, Indiana, USA
August 10, 2007
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 15 August, 2007 - 7:14pm
Last updated 7 September, 2007 - 9:58pm

Moved
Moved from Poecilanthrax.
… Joel Kits, 7 September, 2007 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

P. bicellata
This is P. bicellata, a fairly wide-spread eastern species.
… Joel Kits, 7 September, 2007 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Joel, I have just added t
Hi Joel,
I have just added three pictures of what I think is Poecilanthrax bicellata. They appear under that title but no one is willing to go further than genus. Have a look and see what you think.
… Bill Dean, 15 April, 2013 - 12:51am login or register to post comments

Poecilanthrax?
We have a few photos of this species (or a very similar one) in BG under Poecilanthrax, but without further ID.
… Patrick Alexander, 16 August, 2007 - 5:48am login or register to post comments

What an excellent
Bombylid. Wish I knew its name.
… Herschel Raney, 15 August, 2007 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

Nice pic
Great set of photos you have here, Tom. I've enjoyed viewing all of them. This is a beautiful bee fly by the way — not a color I've seen of them yet, as I'm used to black. Congrats!
… Sasha Azevedo, 15 August, 2007 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Sasha!
Thanks Sasha!
… Tom Bentley, 16 August, 2007 - 9:35am login or register to post comments

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