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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini » Villa
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Bee Fly - Villa
Copyright © 2013 Aaron Eckley

Bee Fly - Villa
Marion; Indian Creek Elementary., Linn County, Iowa, USA
August 13, 2013
Found buzzing around white flowered shrub, Hey, just curious, but do bee flies have a preferance for white? I've just noticed that the ones I've found were on white flowers, white gravel, etc. Thanks for the input.

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Contributed by Aaron Eckley on 16 August, 2013 - 6:44am
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RE: The color white
I don't see many of them feeding, but I tend to concentrate on yellow flowers. There were bunches out a couple days ago, sort of swarming. I saw only two feeding; both were on white flowers, but they're predominant here now.
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