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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Cerioidini » Sphiximorpha » Sphiximorpha willistoni
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And the winner is... - Sphiximorpha willistoni - female
Copyright © 2008 CharlesMatson

And the winner is... - Sphiximorpha willistoni - Female
State Line Lookout, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
May 30, 2008
Size: About 15 mm.
Easily the best wasp mimic I have seen!
Looks very much like Sphiximorpha willistoni.
Confirmation or correction appreciated.
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Contributed by CharlesMatson on 31 May, 2008 - 10:22pm
Last updated 2 May, 2012 - 3:24pm

Mimic
Thanks, Ross. It only stayed for a few seconds. Fooled me in the viewfinder.
I hope you get one. Charles
… CharlesMatson, 1 June, 2008 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

Agree...
This is indeed a potter wasp mimic syrphid fly, S. willistoni - one of the best wasp mimics ever created... I wish I could find one of these where I live - they are so cool-looking.
… Ross Hill, 1 June, 2008 - 12:50am login or register to post comments

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