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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Lomatiinae » Ogcodocera » Ogcodocera leucoprocta
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Small Bee Fly - Ogcodocera leucoprocta - female
Copyright © 2010 Yurika Alexander

Small Bee Fly - Ogcodocera leucoprocta - Female
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
May 26, 2010
Size: 7mm?
Found on Daisy Fleabane flower.
Is this Ogcodocera?

[Edit] First image from New Jersey.
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Contributed by Yurika Alexander on 23 November, 2010 - 9:58am
Last updated 12 December, 2010 - 12:12pm

Moved
This is the female of O. leucoprocta.

Moved from Ogcodocera.
… Joel Kits, 12 December, 2010 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Female?
Please say how you can tell it is female? Is it the coloration around the mouth area?
… Sara Tangren, 22 January, 2011 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

 
I think
it is the eye spacing. Touching means male, separated means female.
… Bugologist1, 12 March, 2023 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks :)
Thank you for further ID, Joel!
… Yurika Alexander, 12 December, 2010 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Yurika Alexander, 26 November, 2010 - 12:06am login or register to post comments

ID
Yes, it's Ogcodocera.
… Andy Calderwood, 25 November, 2010 - 11:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thank you for your confirmation, Andy!
… Yurika Alexander, 26 November, 2010 - 12:05am login or register to post comments

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