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Large, hairy, gold-orange Bee Fly about 1.5 cm long. The wings were dark at the base and clear on the ends. Even the eyes were orange. The proboscis is held upwards close to the head when at rest, but in the 5th picture, the head is tilted towards the camera and you can see the length of it for nectar feeding. Family Bombyliidae.
Forest around the Mayan Ruins of Edzná in Campeche. It had landed on a dry bush close to the ground.
Spotted on Feb 23, 2015
Submitted on May 1, 2015
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Thanks Mark, they do look like they may be the same species.
Wonderful color. Yours might be less worn out than this one http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/...