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Cone-snout Bee Fly

Conophorus fenestratus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 48, February 42, March 101, April 126, May 53, June 39, July 33, August 34, September 43, October 44, November 56, December 43.
United States554
California532
Nevada10
Oregon5
Idaho4
Washington3
Mexico1
Baja California1
Spain1
Andalucía1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyBee Flies · Bombyliidae
GenusConophorus

Sources

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