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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) » Geron calvus
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small long-legged fly - Geron calvus
Copyright © 2018 Larry Reis

small long-legged fly - Geron calvus
Lidke Mill, Howard County, Iowa, USA
July 15, 2018
Size: 6 mm
Try as I might, I can seem to find a match for this fly in my futile searches. Maybe a stiletto fly (Therevidae)?

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Contributed by Larry Reis on 31 December, 2018 - 12:36pm
Last updated 13 February, 2019 - 9:18pm

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… John S. Ascher, 13 February, 2019 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks for nailing down the species ID on this tiny bee fly, John! I wasn't even able to figure out it was a bee fly before I gave up on trying to identify it.
… Larry Reis, 13 February, 2019 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

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Thanks so much for helping me to ID this fly, John!
… Larry Reis, 31 December, 2018 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

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