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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini » Hemipenthes » Sinuous Bee Fly (Hemipenthes sinuosa)
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? fly - Hemipenthes sinuosa
Copyright © 2011 Larry de March

? fly - Hemipenthes sinuosa
Lewis Rd. WSW of Elma 49 49.278N 96 2.130W, Manitoba, Canada
July 28, 2011
Size: length approx 7 mm
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Contributed by Larry de March on 29 July, 2011 - 8:57am
Last updated 11 August, 2011 - 2:13pm

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Joel Kits, 11 August, 2011 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 July, 2011 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

A Bee Fly, possibly this one
A Bee Fly, possibly this one, Sinuous Bee Fly (Hemipenthes sinuosa)
but I would wait for the experts...especially as there is no data for it in your area.
… Grammazoo, 29 July, 2011 - 9:57am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
If it isn't that sp., it's certainly doing an excellent impression of it!
… Larry de March, 29 July, 2011 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, impressions
of other flies/bees, they are excellent at that!
… Scott Peden, 30 July, 2011 - 1:16am login or register to post comments

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