Rick
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I read some text from Cribb 1988. He mentioned that some taxonomists believe that Paph and Phrag are fly-pollinated while Cyp is bee-pollinated.
Early this year, I found 3 times this one stuck in the pouch of exuls.
Questions:
1. Is it bee or fly?
2. Why it die in the pouch?
3. Is it really a pollinator of exul?
Compare this insect to the hover fly Ocyptamus antiphales on pg 364 of June 2011 Orchids magazine that pollinates phrag pearcei in Ecuador. Very similar.