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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria) » Laphria grossa
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Bee fly - Laphria grossa - male
Copyright © 2005 Patrick Alexander

Bee fly - Laphria grossa - Male
Spring Mill State Park, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA
June 26, 2004
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Contributed by Patrick Alexander on 4 November, 2005 - 12:18am
Last updated 17 February, 2012 - 9:46am

Moved
Moved from Bee-like Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 28 January, 2009 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

Laphria
Gerard is indeed correct. This bumblebee mimic is a Laphria and probalby lata or grossa. They are a difficult pair and my be the same species. These are monster sized flies sometimes. I see a bit of orangish hair on the legs which is possible. But yellow hair there would be unusual for these species.
… Herschel Raney, 4 November, 2005 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Cool. Thanks for the ID! I
Cool. Thanks for the ID! I hadn't realized that robber flies did the bee-mimic thing.

Patrick Alexander
http://boechera.nmsu.edu/~paalexan/
… Patrick Alexander, 4 November, 2005 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

Yes!!
This is indeed a bumblebee mimic, and it is a Robber fly from the family Asilidae!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 4 November, 2005 - 3:56am login or register to post comments

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