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Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly - Rhaphiomidas terminatus - male
Copyright © 2011 Robert A. Hamilton

Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly - Rhaphiomidas terminatus - Male
Colton, SW corner of N. Pepper Avenue and W. San Bernardino Avenue, San Bernardino County, California, USA
August 25, 2011
On Eriogonum fasciculatum.

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Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly - Rhaphiomidas terminatus - male Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly - Rhaphiomidas terminatus - male Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly - Rhaphiomidas terminatus - male
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Contributed by Robert A. Hamilton on 26 August, 2011 - 1:22am

Fantastic and Beautiful Creature!!
But it wouldn't need a proboscis like that to feed on shallow flowers of Eriogonums. Did you happen to notice them visiting any flowers with deeper corollas?

I sure hope the local hominids act wisely, and don't drive this treasure to extinction.
… Aaron Schusteff, 23 December, 2011 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Aaron, No, I only saw a
Hi Aaron,

No, I only saw a few of these guys, and they were not feeding -- only perched on Eriogonum or Heterotheca.
… Robert A. Hamilton, 23 December, 2011 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

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