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Fly at buckwheat flowers - Pseudonomoneura hirta - female

Fly at buckwheat flowers - Pseudonomoneura hirta - Female
Nix Nature Center, Orange County, California, USA
July 13, 2009
Size: about 1.5cm

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Moved from Pseudonomoneura.

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Moved from ID Request.

Nice find - Mydas fly.
They do like heat. (BTW, if you're interested in tarantula hawks, try Riley, specifically milkweed at butterfly garden and elsewhere at large stands of buckwheat.)

 
ID
This is Pseudonomoneura.

 
ID
Thanks for the id Andy.

 
Mydas fly
Thanks Ron for the i.d. Are they common? I was fascinated by the tarantula hawks with the orange antennae. I had never seen that before. Apparently that is the male?

 
Mydas fly: I wouldn't call them common.
I shot my first couple in 2006, then none until this year. They were all at Riley, I think. Here's hoping that Norm or Martin can get your to species. Yours appears different than any of mine, and I haven't seen any at Nix.

Tarantula hawks: Here's more on those with orange antennae: http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/hymenopt/Pepsis%20mildei.htm
Color of antennae doesn't have any bearing on gender here. I've been told that females typically have curled antennae, and males straight. I've also been told that males curl their antennae when angry. And I've shot 'em with one curled and one straight. Go figure!

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