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progressive bee fly

Description:

Progressive bee fly.

Habitat:

Photo captured on my front porch in York, PA 17408

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17 Comments

Doryreed
Doryreed 12 years ago

Me neither. Very cool flies. :)

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

Cool, I've never seen the Xenox genus before.

Doryreed
Doryreed 12 years ago

Apparently there are several similar species. Found this link. It might help. :)
I think Dan is in the right area.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/2802/bgima...

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 12 years ago

3 votes ^^

Michael C Kovarik
Michael C Kovarik 12 years ago

Well I will edit this...thanks :-)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

I feel its like a Bombylius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombylius_m...

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Well, than thats 2 votes for progressive bee fly.

AmberLundeen
AmberLundeen 12 years ago

Dang Dan your too fast! I was just going to say progressive bee fly!

Michael C Kovarik
Michael C Kovarik 12 years ago

I can definitely say it's not a horse fly... It didn't buzz and it was flying way too slow

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Judging by those wings and the reference material I have to work with, my best guess is a Progressive Bee fly.
http://abrahamlincolnsblog.blogspot.com/...

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

Yep, looks like a horsefly.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

I think you are right, now maybe we can find a name.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Maybe a type of horsefly. Does it bite?

AmberLundeen
AmberLundeen 12 years ago

I think its a bee or a fly

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

I actually think this is a type of fly, not a moth.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Look under Spinx Moths.

Michael C Kovarik
Spotted by
Michael C Kovarik

York, Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Jul 23, 2011
Submitted on Jul 23, 2011

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