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Copyright © 2013 Stuart Tingley

Bombylius mexicanus -

Allardville; Route 11 south of Allardville at start of road into abandoned airfield, Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada
June 19, 2013

Nectaring at flowering Labrador Tea at roadside in treed boggy area. This must be B. mexicanus?

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Contributed by Stuart Tingley on 20 June, 2013 - 7:18pm
Last updated 15 October, 2013 - 6:12pm

Moved

Yes, this is B. mexicanus. This species is under-recorded from NB - I only have 3 records from the province, although I haven't examined all of the local museum collections.

Moved from Bombylius.

… Joel Kits, 15 October, 2013 - 6:12pm

Thanks!

Thanks very much, Joel. There was a bit of discussion about the status of this species in NB at BirdingNewBrunswick:
http://birdingnewbrunswick.ca/group/beetlesandbugsforbirders/forum/topics/bee-flies-family-bombyliidae-gloucester-co-19-june-2013

… Stuart Tingley, 15 October, 2013 - 6:51pm

B. mexicanus

Thanks for the link, Stuart. The records I have are 2 from Kouchibouguac (from the CNC) and 1 collected by John Klymko in the Meduxnekeag Valley. As far as I know it isn't picky about habitat, so I would expect it to be found across most of the province between those localities.

… Joel Kits, 15 October, 2013 - 7:24pm

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