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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Eristalina » Eristalinus » Eristalinus (Eristalodes) taeniops (Eristalinus taeniops)
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bee mimic fly - Eristalinus taeniops
Copyright © 2013 DocD

bee mimic fly - Eristalinus taeniops
San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
July 30, 2013
Size: 1/2 inch ?
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Contributed by DocD on 30 July, 2013 - 10:53pm
Last updated 31 July, 2013 - 12:32pm

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… Martin Hauser, 31 July, 2013 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

Nice find! Eristalinus taeniops
One of my favorites.

A male, photographed outside the Duck Club.
Yours is a female.
… Ron Hemberger, 31 July, 2013 - 12:34am login or register to post comments

 
bee mimic fly
Hey... I recognize those Duck Club flowers! I have recently become interested in native bees and other pollinators, and I've found the area near the Duck Club to be good hunting grounds. It was better last year before they cut the weeds! So dry this year, not many so far, and it looks like the milkweed won't feed many Monarch larva.

Thanks for the IDs.... you'll be hearing from me again.

Barbara
… DocD, 1 August, 2013 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

 
A couple places for native bees:
Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach. Sidewalk going from parking lot alongside and in front of the building. (Scraggly plants with small, quick bees.) Also bees and wasps on buckwheat in/around the parking lot, plus by the building at the start of the trail.

Bee bonanza! Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, about a 50-minute drive.
… Ron Hemberger, 1 August, 2013 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

 
bees
Thanks.... it supposedly will be sunny in the mornings next week and I'll drive down to Laguna.
… DocD, 2 August, 2013 - 12:05am login or register to post comments

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