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 Idenified as Copestylum by John Smit and Gerard Pennards
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| JohnMaxwell22 |
Posted on 16-03-2008 05:44
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Member Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 16 Joined: 15.03.08 |
This is my first post, so I hope this is correct. I took this image in the Pine Barrens of NJ. Suburban neighborhood built into mostly pine forest, mixed with grass yards, oak, and an adjoining golf course. I had it suggested on BugGuide that this image might be a species of Volucella, but I also saw images of Copestylum barei that looked similar. I settled for Volucellini tribe as a compromise. Taken on butterfly bush, but I forget the size (of the fly). Sorry, just 1 quick shot months ago (September 2, 2007). I thought that this would be a good place to get opinions.
JohnMaxwell22 attached the following image:  [160.04Kb] Edited by JohnMaxwell22 on 17-03-2008 03:45 |
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| John Smit |
Posted on 16-03-2008 11:54
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 Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04 |
A Copestylum, no doubt, but the species... John |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 16-03-2008 11:59
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Copestylum barei would be a very good guess. There are some pictures of the species in Bugguide! Greetings, Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| JohnMaxwell22 |
Posted on 17-03-2008 01:13
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Member Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 16 Joined: 15.03.08 |
For all the help |
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