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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini » Paravilla
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Orange County Bee Fly Archives #31 - Paravilla, possibly P. syrtis - Paravilla
Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Orange County Bee Fly Archives #31 - Paravilla, possibly P. syrtis - Paravilla
Big Canyon, Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA
September 7, 2006
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 6 March, 2007 - 12:02am
Last updated 28 November, 2007 - 7:47pm

Moved
Moved from Villini.
… Ron Hemberger, 28 November, 2007 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

ID
This is definitely Paravilla. Looks like the fall brood of P. syrtis (not certain). This bivoltine fly has a much sharper wing pattern in the spring brood.
… Andy Calderwood, 28 November, 2007 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Wish I'd have kept shooting these.
Before Joel started IDing these to genus and encouraging more posts, there wasn't much action on bee flies here. As a result, I didn't shoot any for quite some time. Later, I restarted when I discovered I could get better images by shooting where they'd feed. This was after I bought better gear and built my skills a bit. In the interim, I let a lot of flies go by.

Moral: Keep shooting, gang! You may not get IDs now, but the future is bright.
… Ron Hemberger, 28 November, 2007 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

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… Joel Kits, 16 April, 2007 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

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