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small hairy fly - Geron vitripennis
Copyright © 2013 Victoria MacPhail

small hairy fly - Geron vitripennis
Grand Bend/Pinery Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
July 29, 2013
Size: small, 5mm-ish
Observed on dense blazing star, Liatris spicata, in an interdunal wet meadow at Pinery Provincial Park. Pictures were taken around 6:20pm July 29 and 12:20pm July 30, 2013.

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Contributed by Victoria MacPhail on 28 August, 2013 - 8:23am
Last updated 11 October, 2013 - 7:59pm

Moved
Species in this subgenus are not identifiable from photos, but in this case only one species is known from Pinery so I'm pretty confident calling this Geron vitripennis.

Moved from Bee Flies.
… Joel Kits, 11 October, 2013 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I was actually just starting to summarize my data today so your id was very timely - thanks again!
… Victoria MacPhail, 11 October, 2013 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

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… John F. Carr, 12 September, 2013 - 10:09am login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 8 September, 2013 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

Geron, a bee fly
.
… Ron Hemberger, 28 August, 2013 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 28 August, 2013 - 8:25am login or register to post comments

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