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Copestylum apiciferum - female
Copyright © 2010 Hartmut Wisch

Copestylum apiciferum - Female
Elephant Tree area, NE Vallecito Mountains, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, USA
March 5, 2010
Size: 15mm
Nectaring in Phacelia distans.
Keys to Volucella clarki in Curran (1930; see INFO page), later synonymized with Copestylum apiciferum.
I hope to find some more to get better natural shots.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 9 March, 2010 - 3:27pm

copestylum apiciferum
I see you were near or at Elephant Tree on 5 March this year. So were Gene and myself--but we didn't see this beautiful syrphid. It really looks like one we saw at Hoberg Canyon, though, #335983, also in early spring! And we've seen it a few times at other places as well. I think I can safely call it this species.
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