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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Bee Killers (Mallophora) » Southern Bee Killer (Mallophora orcina)
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Laphria flavicollis - Mallophora orcina
Copyright © 2012 Liam Wolff

Laphria flavicollis - Mallophora orcina
Hephzibah, Richmond County, Georgia, USA
August 17, 2012
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Contributed by Liam Wolff on 30 August, 2012 - 2:36pm
Last updated 24 September, 2012 - 5:33pm

Moved
Moved from Laphria flavicollis.
… Liam Wolff, 13 September, 2012 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

Mallophora
This is actually a Mallophora. Mallophora and Laphria are both nice bee mimics, but only distantly related (Mallophora is in the subfamily Asilinae, Laphria in the subfamily Laphriinae). The easiest way to tell the two apart is by looking at the last segment of the antenna: Laphriinae have it fat, Asilinae have it thin (like here). Hope that helps!
… Tristan McKnight, 31 August, 2012 - 12:50am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks Tristan! How do I move it?
… Liam Wolff, 4 September, 2012 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Nevermind
I figured it out. :)
… Liam Wolff, 13 September, 2012 - 8:52pm login or register to post comments

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