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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini » Poecilanthrax » Poecilanthrax effrenus
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Beeflies Mating - Poecilanthrax effrenus - male - female
Copyright © 2009 cwmelton

Beeflies Mating - Poecilanthrax effrenus - Male Female
Marijilda Canyon, Pinaleno Mountains, Graham County, Arizona, USA
July 21, 2008
Possibly Poecilanthrax effrenus?
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Contributed by cwmelton on 30 January, 2009 - 3:50pm
Last updated 3 February, 2009 - 2:27pm

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Beatriz Moisset, 3 February, 2009 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

I second that
I hope that it gets IDed soon. In many species of flies the male's eyes are much bigger than the female's; but here the difference is insignificant. I just can't be sure.
… Beatriz Moisset, 30 January, 2009 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
This is P. effrenus. The eye spacing typically doesn't differ much between males and females in many of the Villini and Exoprosopini.
… Andy Calderwood, 3 February, 2009 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

May I be the first....
May I be the first to say "WOW!" that's a beautiful shot!
… Carol Davis, 30 January, 2009 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

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