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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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Bee Fly - Geron calvus
Copyright © 2011 Nancy Kent

Bee Fly - Geron calvus
Radford, Virginia, USA
July 15, 2010
Is this a fly? What kind, please?

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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 12 February, 2011 - 11:12am
Last updated 15 April, 2013 - 3:00pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Empidigeron.
… Joel Kits, 11 March, 2011 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Joel Kits, 11 March, 2011 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Can probably be frassed after ID.
… John F. Carr, 16 February, 2011 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

bombyliid -- something like Geron
… v belov, 12 February, 2011 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

 
Thevenetimyia?
Geron is more hunchbacked. Reminds me of
… John F. Carr, 12 February, 2011 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

 
You may right...
You may be right, John. I wish that my images were sharper. I was photographing the flower, and the fly just happened to be there.
… Nancy Kent, 12 February, 2011 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks...
Thanks, that does look similar.
… Nancy Kent, 12 February, 2011 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

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