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What is this bug? Photo taken on Mt. Lemmon, AZ. Looked it up and couldn't find much. (tucson.social)

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Spent some time looking for what specific bumblebee, digger bee, or carpenter bee this might be. Couldn't figure it out.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I ran the photo through iNaturalist and it suggested a group of flies I've never seen before- broadly Tachinidae, and more narrowly it zeroed in on the genus Adejeania. Seems like a safe guess in terms of location, too!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yyyup this is the one! Coloration is closer than the Bee Fly which another suggested. Big thanks! I'm still up on the mountain and I couldn't really get iNaturalist to work.