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Adorned Bee Fly

Exoprosopa decora

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 17, February 17, March 27, April 53, May 101, June 47, July 173, August 83, September 34, October 28, November 17, December 16.
United States693
Canada543
Ontario425
New York224
Maine93
Quebec91
Minnesota72
Michigan44
Wisconsin42
Vermont38

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
GenusExoprosopa

Sources

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