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Bob_71 Severna Park, MD(Zone 7a) Dec 15, 2010

Unable to come up with anything on this one.

Bob

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Dec 16, 2010

This is a hover/flower fly (Diptera: Syrphidae), an extremely large family with thousands of species.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Dec 18, 2010

Upon further review, I was mistaken in my initial assessment; I looked too hastily, and mistook an area of refraction on the wing for the presence of a 'spurious vein' which is diagnostic for the family Syrphidae. I should have been more suspicious of the hairs on the abdomen, which are not characteristic for that family. This specimen is instead a bee fly (Diptera: Bombyliidae) in the genus Villa - see http://tinyurl.com/236t3q2 for an example.

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Bob_71 Severna Park, MD(Zone 7a) Dec 18, 2010

Not a problem! I have corrected my ID's to villa. sp.

Thanks for all your help!

Bob

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