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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Ecliminae » Lepidophora » Lepidophora lutea
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What do you get when you cross a fly, a dromedary and a velveteen rabbit? - Lepidophora lutea
Copyright © 2010 Kurt Hillig

What do you get when you cross a fly, a dromedary and a velveteen rabbit? - Lepidophora lutea
Lodi Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
July 25, 2010
Size: ca. 1 cm
I *think* it's Diptera - only two wings are visible in any of several photos I've got.
Looks like it's covered with black velvet, with yellow-green velvet on the thorax.
Feeding on Black-eyed Susan.
Any ideas? I've never seen anything quite like this before...
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Contributed by Kurt Hillig on 26 July, 2010 - 8:34pm
Last updated 3 September, 2010 - 11:55pm

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… Joel Kits, 3 September, 2010 - 11:55pm login or register to post comments

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 August, 2010 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

Very cool!
Can you post another shot from a different angle?
… Karl Hillig, 26 July, 2010 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Bee Fly
-- one that I had submitted in 2008. The comments are informative in determining the species. They seem to like yellow flowers judging by the majority of the submitted photos.
… Ilona L., 26 July, 2010 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

Bee Fly
Have to add my 2 cents worth. To me it looks like a Lepidophora. I see these about once a year in late summer.
… Ilona L., 26 July, 2010 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Pretty good match!
That's why I hedged on the genus. I think I'll just go with Bombyliidae until the fly experts weigh in. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 July, 2010 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

Toxophora
… v belov, 26 July, 2010 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

You get a Bee Fly!
Maybe something like Toxophora:



Don't hold me to the genus, though. I'm not an expert, and could be mistaken. Wait for a more informed opinion.

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