http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/20/woolly-bear-hover-fly/ Are we experts yet? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/20/woolly-bear-hover-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-12197 equalrights4parasites Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:11:55 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/20/woolly-bear-hover-fly/#comment-12197 Good eye Eric, I believe you might be right that this is one of five species in the genus Cephenemyia. Neat that you saw it on a mountain top as others in the genus use hilltops to find mates. So this may be a potential lek site. If you go back up keep your eyes out for more. The males play king of the hill and females will mate with the male holding the top when she arrives. I am not as familar with this group but maybe someone out there can confirm the ID. Good eye Eric, I believe you might be right that this is one of five species in the genus Cephenemyia. Neat that you saw it on a mountain top as others in the genus use hilltops to find mates. So this may be a potential lek site. If you go back up keep your eyes out for more. The males play king of the hill and females will mate with the male holding the top when she arrives. I am not as familar with this group but maybe someone out there can confirm the ID.

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