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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Exoprosopini » Ligyra » Ligyra gazophylax
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Orange County Bee Fly Archives #260 - Exoprosopa? Nope. - Ligyra gazophylax
Copyright © 2009 Ron Hemberger

Orange County Bee Fly Archives #260 - Exoprosopa? Nope. - Ligyra gazophylax
Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
July 8, 2009
Size: large ~12mm guess

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Orange County Bee Fly Archives #260 - Exoprosopa? Nope. - Ligyra gazophylax Orange County Bee Fly Archives #260 - Exoprosopa? Nope. - Ligyra gazophylax Orange County Bee Fly Archives #260 - Exoprosopa? Nope. - Ligyra gazophylax Orange County Bee Fly Archives #260 - Ligyra gazophylax
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 8 July, 2009 - 8:48pm
Last updated 8 July, 2009 - 10:52pm

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This is the Scoliid parasitoid Ligyra gazophylax. Note the extra crossvein near the wing tip on the posterior side. This separates Ligyra from Exoprosopa.
… Andy Calderwood, 8 July, 2009 - 10:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Nice. Thanks for the ID and the detail, Andy.
I have a bunch of bee flies to post. Am glad to be seeing so many, mostly at Nix in Laguna Beach.
… Ron Hemberger, 8 July, 2009 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

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