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Flower Loving Fly?

Photo by JC_Forester
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Field Notes

Description:

This fairly large fly (3 cm) was fanning a large egg mass periodically with its wings producing a loud buzzing noise.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
JC_Forester
I know, weird combo... I think its a bee fly but I'm not to confident about that either.
LaurenZarate
Maybe a Stratiomyidae? They often have hairy abdomens, patterned wings, long antennae.....the wing venation is fuzzy, but could be Stratiomyid.
injica
wow, what an alien ;) cause of its hair to me it looks like bee fly, Bombyliidae

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PublishedJune 26, 2013

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