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Asilidae 6-07-10 01a - Volucella facialis - female

Asilidae 6-07-10 01a - Volucella facialis - Female
Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
June 7, 2010
Size: ~15mm
A cold robberfly found in the interpretive center porch in the afternoon.

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Asilidae 6-07-10 01a - Volucella facialis - female Asilidae 6-07-10 01b - Volucella facialis - female

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Sweet pic, but wrong family..
Sweet pic, but wrong family... this is a very nice bumblebee mimic and the larvae of this syrphid are actually living in bumblebee colonies... it is the holarctic Volucella bombylans

 
Thanks
Thanks for the correct identification and move of the images :)

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