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Bee Fly

Villa sp.

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Field Notes

Description:

Yellow-brown, fuzzy fly with wings that are half clear and half colored. There are some small, clear windows in the colored half.

Habitat:

Mustard flower in Coast Sage Scrub during a wildlife transect at Blue Sky Ecological Reserve.

Reference Links:

Genus Villa - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Hi Mark, thank you for the link! I didn't realize that I didn't put the genus name in addition to the reference. It certainly looks the same!

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PublishedApril 28, 2014

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