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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Stratiomyinae » Stratiomyini » Odontomyia
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Bee or fly with ambush bugs - Odontomyia
Copyright © 2006 Carol Davis

Bee or fly with ambush bugs - Odontomyia
Bear River MBR, Box Elder County, Utah, USA
August 31, 2006
Is this is a bee or a fly. Does any know? It's sharing flower space with two mating Ambush Bugs. Would an ambush bug attack this large of an insect? At one point this fly was actually standing on one of the ambush bugs.
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Contributed by Carol Davis on 5 November, 2006 - 11:33pm
Last updated 9 January, 2007 - 8:05pm

Moved
Moved from Soldier flies.
… john and jane balaban, 9 January, 2007 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

Stratiomyidae: Odontomyia
This is a species of Odontomyia, but can't be identifed from this view
… Norm Woodley, 8 January, 2007 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Psellidotus.
… Martin Hauser, 6 November, 2006 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

Size
As you can see from this image, Jagged Ambush Bugs will attack just about anything they can grab onto:
… Chuck Entz, 6 November, 2006 - 12:38am login or register to post comments

Looks like one of the Soldier Flies
I don't know which one, but compare with the images in the guide.
… tom murray, 6 November, 2006 - 12:01am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks...
I've never even heard of a Soldier Fly so I appreciate the information. I guess the fly's pretty lucky it didn't become lunch for the two ambush bugs.
… Carol Davis, 7 November, 2006 - 1:48am login or register to post comments

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