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Laphria sackeni
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ckremen
Robber Fly bumble bee mimic -
Laphria sackeni
Jewel Lake in Tilden Park, Contra Costa County, California, USA
May 26, 2018
Size: approx 1 inch
found on an oak tree near pond around 2:30 PM
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Contributed by
ckremen
on 26 May, 2018 - 6:20pm
Last updated 28 May, 2018 - 10:46am
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 28 May, 2018 - 10:46am
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Laphria sackeni; probably a male.
Thorax with pleural sclerites all black-haired, = L. sackeni. Fly looks very teneral (soft & pale, recently emerged from puparium).
Cheers, Eric.
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Eric Fisher
, 28 May, 2018 - 10:45am
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Thanks, Eric!
Thought of
sackeni
after going over Stephen Bullock's on-line key, but only in the 'back of my mind' because I was busy processing some bee specimens from transmontane San Gabriel Mountains.
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Hartmut Wisch
, 28 May, 2018 - 1:42pm
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Moved
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 26 May, 2018 - 8:56pm
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Thinking Laphria sp.
but not certain. Have asked Ed Fisher to comment. He will certainly know this.
Thanks for the contribution.
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Hartmut Wisch
, 26 May, 2018 - 6:38pm
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My apologies,
meant Eric Fisher! Don't know where my mind was.
The present fly looks like a male to me.
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Hartmut Wisch
, 26 May, 2018 - 11:20pm
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thanks
Thank you Harmut
Is this a common sort of species? I hadn't seen it before. My nephew (age 11) spotted it.
Oh also -- is it a female? It looked like possibly an ovipositor? it was quite torpid so I think maybe fairly freshly emerged.
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ckremen
, 26 May, 2018 - 10:02pm
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