Insect and Spider Identification: Furry, flying, thick legged insect

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Visivicous
Merced, CA

August 4, 2012 1:22 AM

I've never seen this sort of fly or bee in the central valley of California. I found it l laying on its back in the dirt, and moved it with a stick to some better lighting.

It had very thick legs, noticeably thicker than a honey bee's. It was very furry, much more so than a honey bee.

Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, my phone's camera could not focus on something so small. I had to use the video recorder, then capture these still images later.

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Flapdoodle
Minot, ND

August 4, 2012 3:48 AM

Post #9229010

Looks like one of the bee-like robber flies in genus Laphria - http://stevecreek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Insect_1006...

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