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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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Bombyiidae, dorsal - Geron
Copyright © 2018 MJ Hatfield

Bombyiidae, dorsal - Geron
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
July 20, 2017
Size: 6 mm with wings
I was sure that this was the same individual as in the live photo, but I did question why there was no white on the top of the head. Turned it over and the white that I photographed on the underside of the head was also gone, now very dark. The white color, top and bottom of the head, must have darkened with time once out of the freezer.

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 12 January, 2018 - 2:51pm

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