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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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Pollen Eater - Lepidophora lutea
Copyright © 2011 Sophie Cinnamon

Pollen Eater - Lepidophora lutea
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
July 1, 2010
Size: size of a bumble bee
This flying bug has a weird end of body I was totally enthralled into it because I have never seen one.
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Contributed by Sophie Cinnamon on 18 January, 2011 - 1:24pm
Last updated 1 February, 2011 - 11:16am

Moved
Moved from Lepidophora.
… Joel Kits, 1 February, 2011 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Brad Barnd, 18 January, 2011 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.

This is a Bee Fly of some sort--maybe something close to this:



The experts will be able to say for sure.

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 January, 2011 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

"Bee Fly"
It is a (?)male specimen of Ecliminae (Bombyliidae). Based on the with scales covered antennae, I would guess Lepidophora sp.

so long,
… Bjoern Rulik, 18 January, 2011 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you now I know and won'
Thank you now I know and won't feel like an idiot when presenting my photo : )
… Sophie Cinnamon, 18 January, 2011 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

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