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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Bombyliinae » Conophorini » Geminaria
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Jet Fighter Bee Fly - Geminaria
Copyright © 2013 Craig Morgan

Jet Fighter Bee Fly - Geminaria
Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange County, California, USA
June 10, 2013
Chiquita Ridge
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Contributed by Craig Morgan on 11 June, 2013 - 5:41pm
Last updated 14 August, 2013 - 10:20pm

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… v belov, 14 August, 2013 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

ID
The Genus is Geminaria.
… Andy Calderwood, 13 June, 2013 - 1:27am login or register to post comments

 
So there's a possibility...
...that it's not canalis?
… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 June, 2013 - 5:11am login or register to post comments

Geminaria canalis - you're finding the good, tough ones.
It took me three years to locate and shoot one of these at Riley, then two more years to find the other gender. BTW, yours is a female. Male has touching eyes (awwww!, plus a longer and more tapered abdomen that turns sharply up on the end.

Aren't those small, dark reflectors a trip?
… Ron Hemberger, 11 June, 2013 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ron
Sometimes I just get lucky, those reflectors are cool.
… Craig Morgan, 13 June, 2013 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 June, 2013 - 5:49pm login or register to post comments

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