Mike
Trip to Yellowstone #1
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That is a decent photo. Another species of Hybomitra but I can't identify it to species 
There are about 55 species of Hybomitra in NA but no all occur in the west.
Note in the 1st image the patch immediately above the antennae is hairy, in the 2nd fly it is shiny black. Also eye banding and body colours are different.
A side view of the head is useful for identifying species.
There are about 55 species of Hybomitra in NA but no all occur in the west.
Note in the 1st image the patch immediately above the antennae is hairy, in the 2nd fly it is shiny black. Also eye banding and body colours are different.
A side view of the head is useful for identifying species.
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives