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Anthrax georgicus
approx. 3/4 inch long
spotted in grassy field
Right now I'm thinking it's a sinuous bee fly (check the bugguide.net link), but none of the examples seems to have that distinctive white tip on the abdomen. http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/ejour...
Spotted on Sep 18, 2011
Submitted on Sep 19, 2011
4 Comments
You're welcome! I'm so glad I could help :) Unfortunately don't know the gender.
Updated spotting. Thanks again, Cindy.
Cindy, you pegged this one perfectly. Much appreciated. Check out the link in the notes; want to venture a guess as to which is which, male and female?
There is a white tip on the Anthrax georgicus but they don't have easily visible antenna. Your first image looks like it may have some. Great info here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/78123