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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-3--304406090 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Fritz, This isn't a bee, but rather a tachinid fly called Hystrica abrupta (Wiedemann) (formerly placed in the genus Bombyliopsis). For some photos see: http://bugguide.net/node/view/33088/bgimage The larvae of this species are parasites on the caterpillars of arctiid moths. Cheers! Chris On 31-Jan-12, at 4:22 PM, Fritz McEvoy wrote: > Hi All, > I've been going though some photos from last summer and wondered > if anyone could ID the bee in the linked photos. It was spotted on > August 22nd, on a mixed forest trail near my home. it was doing a > dance (?) on the pictured leaves similar to the one done by honey > bees at a hive entrance showing other bees where a good source of > nectar could be found - except there were no other bees around to > see the dance. All the best. > Fritz McEvoy > Sunrise Valley, CB (near Dingwall) > <bee.bmp> > bee ID ? > View photos Download all > You are invited to view Fritz's album. This album has a file. Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada * Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm * Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulletin | http://www.coleopsoc.org/ * Subject Editor: ZooKeys | http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index * Review Editor: Zootaxa | http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Coleoptera.html * Associate Editor: Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society | http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html * Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera | http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/PDF/index.html * Editor: Bugguide, Coleoptera http://bugguide.net Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war- horse at the sound of a trumpet. - Charles Darwin --Apple-Mail-3--304406090 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = Fritz,<div><br></div><div>This isn't a bee, but rather a tachinid fly = called <i>Hystrica abrupta</i> (Wiedemann) (formerly placed in the genus = <i>Bombyliopsis</i>). For some photos = see:</div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> <a = href=3D"http://bugguide.net/node/view/33088/bgimage">http://bugguide.net/n= ode/view/33088/bgimage</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>The larvae of = this species are parasites on the caterpillars of arctiid = moths.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</di= v><div><br><div><div>On 31-Jan-12, at 4:22 PM, Fritz McEvoy = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = class=3D"hmmessage" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; = "><div dir=3D"ltr"><table style=3D"width: 794px; height: 559px; = position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td style=3D"padding-bottom:= 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; "><div = id=3D"ecx_rte_preskyattach" style=3D"outline-style: none; outline-color: = invert; outline-width: medium; font-family: Tahoma; height: 112px; = font-size: 10pt; " applecontenteditable=3D"true"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi = All,<br> I've been going though some photos from last = summer and wondered if anyone could ID the bee in the linked photos. It = was spotted on August 22nd, on a mixed forest trail near my home. it = was doing a dance (?) on the pictured leaves similar to the = one done by honey bees at a hive entrance showing other = bees where a good source of nectar could be found - except = there were no other bees around to see the dance. 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