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Laphria divisor or posticata? - Laphria divisor - female

Laphria divisor or posticata? - Laphria divisor - Female
Lyons Woods Forest Preserve, Lake County, Illinois, USA
July 1, 2013
I'm not sure how to tell the two apart.

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.

Laphria divisor
The long yellow scutellar hairs and yellow on tergites 5-6 make this divisor. L. posticata has black scutellar hairs and yellow on 4-5.

Moved
Moved from Flies.

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