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Mydas fly - Mydas tibialis
Copyright © 2011 Harlan Ratcliff

Mydas fly - Mydas tibialis
Brushy Creek State Recreation Area, Webster County, Iowa, USA
July 30, 2011
Size: 2 inches
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Contributed by Harlan Ratcliff on 31 July, 2011 - 8:22am

The plant
I almost always see these on Eryngium yuccifolium (as in this photo), along with various crabronids, tiphiids, pompilids, tachinids and a few bees.
… James C. Trager, 29 September, 2011 - 4:02pm

Nice find
It's been a quarter-century since I photographed one of these (the family I mean). Nice find!
… Stephen_WV, 4 August, 2011 - 5:19pm

Ah!
Quite the beauty!
… john and jane balaban, 4 August, 2011 - 12:45am

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