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14-MAY-2011

Flower Fly, Rhingia sp. (Syrphidae)

Pasochoa Forest Reserve, Prov. Pichincha, Ecuador

Rhingia species have a distinctively stretched-out face bearing the slender proboscis, with which they are able to reach deep into tubular flowers. The larvae are unknown.
Det. A.D. Young 2012
iNaturalist observation

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