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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Anthracini » Anthrax » Anthrax argyropygus
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Bee Fly - Anthrax argyropygus
Copyright © 2011 Nancy Kent

Bee Fly - Anthrax argyropygus
Radford, Virginia, USA
June 27, 2011
Size: 10 mm ?
I'd like an ID for this small fly, please.
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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 27 June, 2011 - 2:38pm
Last updated 15 July, 2015 - 1:31pm

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 June, 2011 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

ID
This looks like Anthrax argyropygus.
… Andy Calderwood, 29 June, 2011 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
Andy, I appreciate your ID. That's a dangerous sounding name!
… Nancy Kent, 29 June, 2011 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 June, 2011 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Hey, Ken
Is this a bee instead of a fly?
… Nancy Kent, 27 June, 2011 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

 
No, it's a "bee fly" :)
A member of the family Bombyliidae in the order Diptera (flies).
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 June, 2011 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh,sorry,
I misread the heading!
I do know about bee flies. Thanks for your patience. :
… Nancy Kent, 27 June, 2011 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

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