Bee Fly - Thevenetimyia phalantha

Moved

Moved from Bee Flies.

… Joel Kits, 12 October, 2013 - 7:35pm

Thank you for the species ID

Thank you for the species ID and I've just corrected the title to Bee Fly.
Jeanne

… jeanne dammarell, 13 October, 2013 - 7:54am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John F. Carr, 25 September, 2013 - 2:03pm

Bee Fly, no kidding? I never

Bee Fly, no kidding? I never thought to even look there. It is quite beautiful.
Thanks,
Jeanne

… jeanne dammarell, 25 September, 2013 - 2:19pm

Thevenetimyia

I assume it's Thevenetimyia. I leave positive ID to the experts.

… John F. Carr, 25 September, 2013 - 2:22pm

Having a view of the front of

Having a view of the front of the face really makes a big difference to me in distinguishing bee flies from longlegged flies. From behind this one really looks like a longlegged fly at first glance.

… Victor Engel, 25 September, 2013 - 10:33pm

There are some really strange bee flies.

There are also a lot of bee flies that don't like to show their faces.

An overview of some western species:
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/diptera/Bombyliidae.htm

… Ron Hemberger, 26 September, 2013 - 11:33am

Fantastic website, Ron! I jus

Fantastic website, Ron! I just found a few other flies there that look a lot like other unnamed images in my files.
Thanks,
Jeanne

… jeanne dammarell, 26 September, 2013 - 11:52am

Our pleasure, Jeanne.

My associate and site founder Peter Bryant has a really good way of organizing the bee flies.

… Ron Hemberger, 26 September, 2013 - 5:54pm

Thanks

Bookmarked. I guess I need to revise how I recognize them. I think the first one I paid any attention to was a Greater Bee Fly. At the time, I was in high school, and I didn't know what it was, so I called it a bumble mosquito, because it looked like a cross between a bumblebee and a mosquito.

If you happen to know what species it is, let me know. I don't have a more detailed picture. This picture was taken on Kodachrome film in 1981 or 1982.

… Victor Engel, 26 September, 2013 - 11:48am

Complicated wings

This fly has complicated wing veins. Dolichopodidae have simple wing veins.

… John F. Carr, 26 September, 2013 - 7:41am

Good assumption, John.

… Ron Hemberger, 25 September, 2013 - 8:19pm