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Anthrax georgicus
Very large bee-fly. It has a black body approximately 0.6 inch long. The wings have the characteristic swept back look like may members of the bombylinde family. The wings are about 1-1.25 inches across. they are multitoned. The rear portions of the wing being transparent; the front being black. The wings The head is quite round and has dominant large compound.The body apppears to have at least 5 segments with dot patterns. Body hair is apparent. The bee-fly was feeding on both wildflowers and inspecting the ground. The behavior and flying habits are similar to that of the skipper butterflies.
Field enclosed by trees. Lots of wild flowers.
Picture of this species can be found at the bugguide.net site. One person has named it: http://bugguide.net/node/view/321957 Anthrax georgicus The above is good picture with the spots on the abdomen.
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