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Progressive Bee Fly (40 species)

Exoprosopa species

Photo by Jim West
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

1/2" long with wide flat body.

Habitat:

Open pasture near water

Notes:

Never, even when on a flower, does it stop beating its wings

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Jim West
I believe so I just can't find the species.
Christy Chow
This looks a bit like a type of bee fly to me.

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PublishedJuly 6, 2014

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