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Black and White True Bee Fly It looked like a mosquito. quite big. Thanks <a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/user/1429/haylo.html" class="user" title="view haylo's profile"><img src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=644263254b0daf1aacc2e23af3823044&d=identicon&size=80" alt="haylo" /><em>haylo</em></a> for identifying this.<br /> Here is from the top:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/23567/black_and_white_true_bee_fly.html" title="Black and White True Bee Fly"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/744/23567_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=cs6yT7laGVRHTjTK%2FvSxJr9fy0E%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="Black and White True Bee Fly Thanks http://www.jungledragon.com/user/1429/haylo.html for identifying this insect.<br /> <br /> another angle<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/23566/black_mosquito.html Black and White True Bee Fly,Fly,Geotagged,Sri Lanka" /></a></figure><br /> Bee Fly,Black and White True Bee Fly,Fly,Geotagged,Sri Lanka Click/tap to enlarge

Black and White True Bee Fly

It looked like a mosquito. quite big. Thanks haylohaylo for identifying this.
Here is from the top:

Black and White True Bee Fly Thanks http://www.jungledragon.com/user/1429/haylo.html for identifying this insect.<br /> <br /> another angle<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/23566/black_mosquito.html Black and White True Bee Fly,Fly,Geotagged,Sri Lanka

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Great that the two of you mentioned to identify it! Do you happen to have a binomial name for the species you requested? It seems the common name is not unique enough or does not lead to a unique species. Posted 10 years ago

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By Bagerathan Sivarajah

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Uploaded Nov 25, 2014. Captured Nov 23, 2014 15:48 in Unnamed Road, Sri Lanka.
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  • E-M5
  • f/6.0
  • 1/80s
  • ISO800
  • 43mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.