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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Criorhinina » Criorhina » Criorhina bubulcus
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Bee mimic - Criorhina bubulcus - female
Copyright © 2008 Matt Goff

Bee mimic - Criorhina bubulcus - Female
Sitka County, Alaska, USA
June 3, 2008
I believe this is a fly that was pretty effectively seeming like a bumble bee. At first as it buzzed around me, I thought it was a bumble bee, but after I saw it land, I realized it looked more like a fly. I'm not sure if there's enough showing here to get much of an identification for it, but I'm hoping maybe I can figure out a family, or something.
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Contributed by Matt Goff on 15 June, 2008 - 12:22am
Last updated 1 October, 2014 - 10:47pm

Moved
Moved from Criorhina.
… Matt Goff, 1 October, 2014 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

Criorhina bulbucus
You can barely make out the mystax on the face.
… Kevin Moran, 1 October, 2014 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… john and jane balaban, 10 September, 2008 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

Criorhina sp.
A female!
… Gerard Pennards, 10 September, 2008 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… john and jane balaban, 18 July, 2008 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

I found
A similar one a few weeks ago, I too thought it was a bumble bee. Most likely you have a variation of a Robber Fly, like I did.
… sanka, 15 June, 2008 - 12:43am login or register to post comments

 
Not robber fly.
This is a flower fly, family Syrphidae. The wing venation alone cinches it (looks like there is a vein just inside the edge of the entire back edge of the wing). Not sure of the genus, and it may be a worn specimen.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 June, 2008 - 1:31am login or register to post comments

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