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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Cuckoo Bees (Nomadinae) » Neolarrini » Neolarra » Neolarra verbesinae

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Copyright © 2013 Melody Lytle

probably a beefly - Neolarra verbesinae

near Encino, TX, Brooks County, Texas, USA
May 17, 2013
Size: approx -.25 in or 8 mm

This looks like a beefly to me - any thoughts? Perhaps a genus?
thank you
Melody

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Contributed by Melody Lytle on 23 May, 2013 - 7:49pm
Last updated 17 October, 2014 - 5:26pm

Moved

Moved from Neolarra.

… John S. Ascher, 12 October, 2014 - 9:03pm

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Please fix date!

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… John S. Ascher, 12 October, 2014 - 8:58pm

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Nice find, Melody.

And a new species for Bug Guide. FYI, bee flies are typically very fuzzy and have a long proboscis.

… Ron Hemberger, 23 May, 2013 - 8:20pm

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not a beefly?

Then perhaps it is not a beefly?
Melody

… Melody Lytle, 23 May, 2013 - 8:48pm

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For info on bee flies:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/185

Note: If a creature is actually a fly, its name is in two parts, i.e. bee fly. If it's not a fly, name is one word, as in dragonfly.

A fly has two wings; all other mature winged insects have four.

… Ron Hemberger, 23 May, 2013 - 9:37pm

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Neolarra female bee

Could be verbesinae

… John S. Ascher, 23 May, 2013 - 8:02pm

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Pretty sure it is verbesinae,

Pretty sure it is verbesinae, John.

… Sandy Shanks, 26 February, 2017 - 11:54pm

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Is this a genus in Bombyliida

Is this a genus in Bombyliidae?

… Melody Lytle, 23 May, 2013 - 8:50pm

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No, this is a bee, actually a cuckoo bee. Genus is Neolarra.

For info on the subfamily Nomadinae that includes cuckoo bees:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/15025

… Ron Hemberger, 23 May, 2013 - 9:30pm

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Thank you all for your help -

Thank you all for your help -- Melody

… Melody Lytle, 24 May, 2013 - 10:46am

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John S. Ascher, 23 May, 2013 - 8:01pm

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