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Species Paravilla separata

Bee Fly - Paravilla separata Bee Fly - Paravilla separata Paravilla separata Hemipenthes sp? - Paravilla separata Bee Fly - Paravilla separata Hemipenthes - Paravilla separata - male Hemipenthes? - Paravilla separata - male Paravilla Separata - Paravilla separata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)
Subfamily Anthracinae
Tribe Villini
Genus Paravilla
Species separata (Paravilla separata)
Identification
The only north-eastern species in the genus. The black-banded abdomen distinguishes it from Chrysanthrax cypris. [Comment by Joel Kits here].
Season
July to September.
Food
Adults nectar on black-eyed susans.