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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Villini » Poecilanthrax » Poecilanthrax lucifer
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Beefly - Poecilanthrax lucifer
Copyright © 2007 Penny Crispin

Beefly - Poecilanthrax lucifer
Lake Corpus Christi, San Patricio County, Texas, USA
April 30, 2007
Here is the beefly, emerged from the pupal case that I picked up at our camp and took home.

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Contributed by Penny Crispin on 7 May, 2007 - 6:51pm
Last updated 15 April, 2012 - 12:58am

Host pupa
See:
… Beatriz Moisset, 14 April, 2011 - 8:18am login or register to post comments

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… pford1854, 31 July, 2008 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Joel Kits, 9 September, 2007 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

Excellent
series! I have seen similar pupal casings in mud dauber cells, but never knew what they were.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 7 May, 2007 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

 
The muddauber situation is very different
since the larvae feed on spiders, they do not end up as endoparasites inside of host pupae. The pupal skins they shed are their own
… margarethe brummermann, 20 May, 2015 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

 
This one I found laying in th
This one I found laying in the sand under a Mesquite tree. I scooped him up with some sand (which is also how I ended up with my pet antlion).
… Penny Crispin, 7 May, 2007 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

 
beefly
looks like Poecilanthrax lucifer...
… edward trammel, 7 May, 2007 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

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