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Wasp Mimic Bee Fly
Subgenus Systropus
15.1146, -89.6484
Field Notes
Description:
About the size of a typical wasp. Black and yellow head thorax and legs with a redish orange abdomen. pretty long antennae for a bee fly and a long probiscus type mouthpart. Flys around with first two sets of legs close to body while the long rear legs hang down. When approaching a flower to feed it grabs the flower with itsupper legs like arms and hands. So cute to watch.
Habitat:
Guatemalan forest.
Notes:
First spotted the mating pair. They were flying around flower to flower. One was feeding and the other was just keeping eyes out on the back end..
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