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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Volucellini » Copestylum » marginatum group (Copestylum marginatum group) » Copestylum marginatum
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Not sure if a bee or a fly (double antennae??) - Copestylum marginatum
Copyright © 2018 tfandre

Not sure if a bee or a fly (double antennae??) - Copestylum marginatum
Garland, Dallas County, Texas, USA
April 18, 2018
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Contributed by tfandre on 20 April, 2018 - 6:05pm
Last updated 29 December, 2021 - 4:55pm

Moved
Moved from marginatum group.
… Zachary Dankowicz, 29 December, 2021 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

The black part of the antenna
The black part of the antennae is the arista. If you look at a good close up picture you see it has setae and looks like a brush.
… Bill Dean, 22 April, 2018 - 7:51am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you so much for the exp
Thank you so much for the explanation. I really did want to know as I've never noticed that before.
… tfandre, 22 April, 2018 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 April, 2018 - 7:47am login or register to post comments

Copestylum marginatum group
Copestylum marginatum group
… Bill Dean, 21 April, 2018 - 4:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Has halteres, so it's a fly. Guessing Copestylum.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 20 April, 2018 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

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