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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Thick-headed Flies (Conopidae) » Conopinae » Physocephala » Physocephala burgessi
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Small Red Fly - Physocephala burgessi - female
Copyright © 2017 Chanta Ly

Small Red Fly - Physocephala burgessi - Female
Vancouver, Kerrisdale, British Columbia, Canada
June 26, 2017
Size: 1 1/4 inch
Small red wasp on tarragon

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Small Red Fly - Physocephala burgessi - female Small Red Wasp - Physocephala burgessi - female
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Contributed by Chanta Ly on 24 July, 2017 - 11:39pm
Last updated 30 March, 2018 - 5:58pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 2 August, 2017 - 1:13am login or register to post comments

Thick-headed Fly
One of the Thick-headed Flies, Family Conopidae. They are pretty good wasp mimics, but actually parasitize bees and wasps.

It appears to be Physocephala burgessi, but I would prefer confirmation.
… Jeff Brown, 25 July, 2017 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

 
This is a female
...note the small but significant "bump" under the 5th sternite (the female's "theca"). It's more easily discerned in the 2nd photo of the series here.
… Aaron Schusteff, 29 March, 2018 - 2:14am login or register to post comments

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