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Drone fly

Eristaris tenax

Description:

Yellow and black with clear wings. It is a drone fly rat tailed maggot fly.

Notes:

I found this thing flying around our garden at the Chebeague Island School!

1 Species ID Suggestions

Drone fly (Rat-tailed maggot fly)
Eristalis tenax Species Eristalis tenax - Drone Fly - BugGuide.Net


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6 Comments

chebeague7
chebeague7 12 years ago

Just saying this is my pic on my whole school acount not student acount

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

You're quite welcome!

chebeagueschool
chebeagueschool 12 years ago

Thank you so much for the great information Cindy!

chebeagueschool
chebeagueschool 12 years ago

That bee looks great.

chebeagueschool
chebeagueschool 12 years ago

great spotting

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Hi chebeagueschool, this is one of the better bee mimics in the US so it's easy to mistake it for a bee!

chebeagueschool
Spotted by
chebeagueschool

Maine, USA

Spotted on Oct 25, 2011
Submitted on Oct 27, 2011

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