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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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Is this a Tachinid Fly? - Xenox tigrinus
Copyright © 2005 Roger Rittmaster

Is this a Tachinid Fly? - Xenox tigrinus
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 17, 2005
Size: about 1.5 cm
I'm just getting started with BugGuide, so if you have any suggestions for style or content of photos, let me know. Thanks.
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Contributed by Roger Rittmaster on 9 August, 2005 - 3:17am
Last updated 17 August, 2005 - 8:34am

Nice image
You are doing fine.
It is a bee fly, maybe even one of these, but I would like to hear from one of the experts.
… Beatriz Moisset, 9 August, 2005 - 5:55am login or register to post comments

 
Xenox
I'm no expert but I agree with Beatriz on bee fly; probably Xenox tigrinus.
… Robin McLeod, 9 August, 2005 - 6:07am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, Xenox tigrinus, welcome
Yes, that species is distinctive.

Welcome, Roger!

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 9 August, 2005 - 6:16am login or register to post comments

 
Hey Roger!
Interesting side note on this species: apparently a brood parasite or parasitoid of carpenter bees.
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 9 August, 2005 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

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