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Wasp Mimicking Fly
Pseudodoros clavatus
16.7065, -92.8688
Field Notes
Description:
Wasp Mimic Fly. It was the only photo I got before it disappeared and the wing venation is not clear. Family Syrphidae.
Habitat:
Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.
Notes:
The larvae of this species feed on aphids and it has been reported from the southern US south through Argentina. This is a different species from a previously spotted wasp mimic from the same locality:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/37064182/fullscreen.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedNovember 3, 2013
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