Bee Fly on Fort Tejon Milk-Aster - genus Neacreotrichus?
This is a tiny Bee Fly (Bombyliidae, Diptera) on a flower of native Fort Tejon Milk-Aster aka Chicory-leaved Stephanomeria or Chicoryleaf Wire-lettuce (Stephanomeria cichoriacea, Asteraceae). I think the fly might be genus Neacreotrichus in the subfamily Phthiriinae, see photos at BugGuide. What a great proboscis! HFDF! (San Marcos Pass, 12 October 2016)
D'oh - I inadvertently had my camera set on f/22 from my [Previous] photo (both in the field and here at Flickr) and forgot to set it back. It's not the first time I've done that. I have another photo of the same fly here.
Bee Fly on Fort Tejon Milk-Aster - genus Neacreotrichus?
This is a tiny Bee Fly (Bombyliidae, Diptera) on a flower of native Fort Tejon Milk-Aster aka Chicory-leaved Stephanomeria or Chicoryleaf Wire-lettuce (Stephanomeria cichoriacea, Asteraceae). I think the fly might be genus Neacreotrichus in the subfamily Phthiriinae, see photos at BugGuide. What a great proboscis! HFDF! (San Marcos Pass, 12 October 2016)
D'oh - I inadvertently had my camera set on f/22 from my [Previous] photo (both in the field and here at Flickr) and forgot to set it back. It's not the first time I've done that. I have another photo of the same fly here.