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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini » Villa
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fuzzy bee-like fly - Villa
Copyright © 2009 nature4me

fuzzy bee-like fly - Villa
In the hills above Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
August 25, 2009
Size: 1 inch
This fuzzy insect was fairly high up in the dry hills above Cambria on the central coast of California. Thanks so much for your help...Denise
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Contributed by nature4me on 26 August, 2009 - 10:18pm
Last updated 8 November, 2009 - 2:49pm

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Joel Kits, 8 November, 2009 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 21 September, 2009 - 12:49pm login or register to post comments

Nice bee fly!
Please move your post to Bee Flies for expert attention. I'm guessing Villa sp., but it might be something special.
… Ron Hemberger, 26 August, 2009 - 11:08pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
Yep, Villa sp.
… Andy Calderwood, 26 September, 2009 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

 
beefly
Could be a Large Beefly ?
… nature4me, 31 August, 2009 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Is that a common name?
I'm guessing it is - for Bombylius major. If that's the case, no, that's a different animal:

Note differences in wing pattern, body shape and pattern.

FYI, bee fly is two words, since the critter is a fly. (One-worders, like butterfly and dragonfly, aren't really flies.)
… Ron Hemberger, 31 August, 2009 - 6:47pm login or register to post comments

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