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Bombyliid fly -- Hemipenthes? - Anthrax georgicus
Copyright © 2014 Brian Stewart

Bombyliid fly -- Hemipenthes? - Anthrax georgicus

Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
July 27, 2014
Size: 10mm
Remarkable pure white abdomen tip -- so bright that the contrast made proper exposure difficult. On fleabane frequented by many bee and wasp species.
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Contributed by Brian Stewart on 27 July, 2014 - 7:09pm
Last updated 24 September, 2014 - 7:57am

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Anthrax georgicus
Notes indicate it is a parasitoid of tiger beetles. I don't recall seeing a tiger beetle in this area in the twenty-five years I have lived here. Are other hosts known?
… Brian Stewart, 28 June, 2015 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 24 September, 2014 - 7:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 27 July, 2014 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

Anthrax georgicus?
Anthrax georgicus?
… John F. Carr, 27 July, 2014 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Is the white spot specific to
Is the white spot specific to one sex?
… Brian Stewart, 27 July, 2014 - 10:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Males only?
I don't know. It might be only on males.
… John F. Carr, 28 July, 2014 - 6:37am login or register to post comments

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