Bee Fly 4? - Criorhina - BugGuide.Net

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… Kevin Moran, 11 April, 2021 - 2:36pm

C. nsp nr. tricolor

Due to the yellow pilose post-alar calli I can finally confirm the identity of this specimen. It is Criorhina nsp. nr. tricolor. The species will be named after a nearby Diptera expert active on BugGuide and iNaturalist. ;)

… Kevin Moran, 11 April, 2021 - 2:35pm

Pretty sure this is the undes

Pretty sure this is the undescribed Cali Criorhina nr. Tricolor. C. coquilletti has a black Cali morph.

… Kevin Moran, 24 January, 2015 - 11:29pm

Nice find Scott!

You'd be amazed at the wholesale destruction of hundreds of acres where I used to live in Soquel. I wish you could have seen it, but then maybe it's better you didn't have to.

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 27 January, 2015 - 12:53am

4 years

Ive watched for this beauty every-time I've gone up Pine Mountain Trail. Instead I find something new each time. I'd have to do the trail more then occasionally each year. This time frame though happens to be a tad early for the Orchids and way to early for the Rhododendrons so I must have had a rare free day.

… Scott Peden, 27 January, 2015 - 2:19am

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… Martin Hauser, 30 August, 2010 - 8:16pm

Hairy Syrphid fly??

This is one of the exceptions where a Syrphid looks like a Bee Fly?
Definitely leaves me confused, but I'm new and I see there are different levels of confusion all the way up into expert. Mines is just lower in level.

… Scott Peden, 31 August, 2010 - 1:21am

Syrphids are famous for their

Syrphids are famous for their mimicry, and this includes wasp, bee, and bumblebee mimicry and lots of them... There is Volucella bombylans (which lives in Bombus nests as larva), Eristalis (bee and bumblebee mimic depending on the species), Criorhina, Pocota, and many more....

… Martin Hauser, 31 August, 2010 - 1:00pm

Well, the main thing is that you knew it was a fly!

Mallicota posticalis,

is another example. Someone here on Bugguide once said, 'I think some syrphid flies look more like bees than bee flies!'

(His initials are R.H.)

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 1 September, 2010 - 4:53pm

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 August, 2010 - 9:46am

I'm thinking it might be a Syrphid...

Maybe something like Criorhina:

Don't hold me to the genus though. Wait to hear from the experts.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 August, 2010 - 9:46am

Probably the antennas look different too...

...I can't believe you're finding all those cool bee flies! I'm not an expert, but I have to agree this looks like a fly!

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 15 August, 2010 - 6:56am

development

Many of these recent unusual Bee Fly photos came from an area that might get some development. If I get a name, and or find data on their requirements I can get it to those that deal with environmental impacts. I don't see many of these, this year was a lot....3 of them.

… Scott Peden, 15 August, 2010 - 12:25pm