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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Toxophorinae » Geron » Subgenus Empidigeron (Geron Subgenus Empidigeron) » Geron calvus
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Flower Fly ? - Geron calvus
Copyright © 2010 rasimes

Flower Fly ? - Geron calvus
Trout Run, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 27, 2010
Size: 579x699 pxl
Hi! I am new to "Buguide". I just got a new panasonic ZS6 camera. I have found I love this type of photography but know little about insets. Love your site and wondered if you could help me identify this little guy. I think it is a species of a flower fly? Picture was taken near my home in trout Run, PA
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Contributed by rasimes on 27 July, 2010 - 2:34pm
Last updated 15 April, 2013 - 2:59pm

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Joel Kits, 3 September, 2010 - 11:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Wonderful!
Excellent work, Joel, on getting our first Geron to species. Thanks for all your accomplishments today.

Bet we have a bunch of these.
… Ron Hemberger, 3 September, 2010 - 11:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Also, bee flies often have long beaks while flower flies rarely or never do.
… John F. Carr, 27 July, 2010 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

size refers to the insect body, not image
this looks like a bee fly [fam. Bombyliidae] -- others will give you a more specific ID
… v belov, 27 July, 2010 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, a bee fly - Geron sp.
These are typically fuzzy. Flower flies aka syrphids aka hover flies are more likely to have smooth bodies, though there are many exceptions.
… Ron Hemberger, 27 July, 2010 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

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