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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Microdontinae » Microdon
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Bee Fly? - Microdon
Copyright © 2019 Molly Kurtz

Bee Fly? - Microdon
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
July 28, 2019
This guy has golden yellow "fur" all over him and it's absolutely gorgeous! My friend says it's a golden bee fly but he does not look a lot like the others posted here, definitely looks more like a bee than the other bee fly photos.
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Contributed by Dena Evers on 1 August, 2019 - 11:37am
Last updated 3 August, 2019 - 12:51pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 August, 2019 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

Yes; Microdon
Yes; Microdon.
Missouri is interesting distribution.
I have sent it to Professor Jeff Skevington.
… Bill Dean, 3 August, 2019 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

Cropped and moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Syrphidae. Maybe something in this neighborhood:



Welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 August, 2019 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

golden bee fly?
Apolysis?
… Dena Evers, 1 August, 2019 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

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