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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Ecliminae » Lepidophora » Lepidophora lutea
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Yellow Fuzzy Fly - triangular wings, held away from body at rest, fuzzy back, black tube mouth, six legs, black rear end - Lepidophora lutea
Copyright © 2012 Maria Rudesill

Yellow Fuzzy Fly - triangular wings, held away from body at rest, fuzzy back, black tube mouth, six legs, black rear end - Lepidophora lutea
Rhinelander, Oneida County, Wisconsin, USA
August 6, 2012
Size: 1/2 - 3/4 inch

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Yellow Fuzzy Fly - triangular wings, held away from body at rest, fuzzy back, black tube mouth, six legs, black rear end - Lepidophora lutea Yellow Fuzzy Fly - triangular wings, held away from body at rest, fuzzy back, black tube mouth, six legs, black rear end - Lepidophora lutea
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Contributed by Maria Rudesill on 6 August, 2012 - 6:33pm
Last updated 21 August, 2012 - 9:18pm

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Joel Kits, 21 August, 2012 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

I took the liberty of cropping your pic.
Only you and the editors can "zoom in" to see the full-size version. Everyone else is left looking at a tiny fly in a lot of unnecessary background.

Welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 August, 2012 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Please crop photo to show more bug, less skin.
… John F. Carr, 6 August, 2012 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

Probably Lepidophora
Probably Lepidophora (a "bee fly").
… John F. Carr, 6 August, 2012 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

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