What kind of fly https://imgur.com/gallery/AK5EPSB
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Not a bee?
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Mortamir
, Jun 14 2020 7:22 PM
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Posted June 14 2020 - 7:22 PM
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Posted June 14 2020 - 7:28 PM
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it's not easy to tell from that photo, but it looks to me like it could be a male carpenter bee. I don't think it's a fly.
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Posted June 15 2020 - 2:23 AM
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Going against my usual policy I took a look. This is a Tachinid fly.
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Posted June 15 2020 - 3:20 AM
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Going against my usual policy I took a look. This is a Tachinid fly.
I agree it looks like a Tachinid and I was about to type that when I scrolled down and saw your post. Semester 1 with its intense morphology class finally came in handy!! 
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Posted June 15 2020 - 5:18 AM
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Nice thanks for the replies.
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Posted June 15 2020 - 6:20 PM
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Going against my usual policy I took a look. This is a Tachinid fly.
Thanks for the correction. Can you spell that word phoneticaly so I can get an idea of how to say Tachinid correclty?
Edited by BugFinder, June 15 2020 - 6:23 PM.
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