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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Anthracini » Xenox » Tiger Bee Fly (Xenox tigrinus)
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Fly - Xenox tigrinus
Copyright © 2008 Donna K Race

Fly - Xenox tigrinus
Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA
August 2, 2008
Size: ~1"
I'm not even positive the order is correct on this...other than that I haven't a clue where to start searching. The size is a quesstimate. I thought it was a horse or deer fly until I downloaded it and saw it's wings. In the first picture I took without the B-Macro lens, the translucent portions of the wings looked silvery. A slightly different angle with the B-Macro will follow. If the first one would help let me know and I'll add it.

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Contributed by Donna K Race on 2 August, 2008 - 2:54pm

Tiger bee fly
Wing pattern is important, but you've shown it well enough here. In many posts, people initially think it's a horse fly.
… Ron Hemberger, 2 August, 2008 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow, if ever anyone should know...
you should! Thanks so much Ron, I could have spent hours trying to find this...and it's a new data point for WV. :)
… Donna K Race, 2 August, 2008 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Good going, Donna.
I've never seen one of these flies personally, but we've had a ton posted.
… Ron Hemberger, 2 August, 2008 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks...
It is always a thrill to find something new here, and especially if it is a first data point for WV. This is the first year I have found anything in the Bombyliidae family.
… Donna K Race, 2 August, 2008 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

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