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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Ecliminae » Lepidophora » Scaly Bee Fly (Lepidophora lepidocera)
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Hunchback Bee fly - Lepidophora lutea - Lepidophora lepidocera
Copyright © 2008 Danny Mims

Hunchback Bee fly - Lepidophora lutea - Lepidophora lepidocera
rural, Denton County, Texas, USA
August 2, 2008
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Contributed by Danny Mims on 4 August, 2008 - 7:04pm
Last updated 16 September, 2012 - 10:16pm

Moved
Moved from Lepidophora.
… Joel Kits, 16 September, 2012 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

Lepidophora
I think this is L. lepidocera, but L. vetusta also occurs in Texas and I don't know what it looks like. I will try to get it to species later.

As for biology, these flies are kleptoparasites of cavity nesting Hymenoptera. The fly larvae consume the prey provisioned for the wasp larvae rather than directly attacking the host larvae (as is the case for most bombyliids).
… Joel Kits, 8 August, 2008 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

Hunchback Bee fly - Lepidophora lutea
Hunchback Bee fly - Lepidophora lutea
… Julia J Cross, 5 August, 2008 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Way to go Julia!
Now, can you tell me anything about this fly? Anything would help.
… Danny Mims, 5 August, 2008 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

ID
Lepidocera sp.
… Andy Calderwood, 4 August, 2008 - 11:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Andy!
This is the first of these I have seen, could you possibly tell me more about them? (Inquiring minds want to know), you know... or something like that. Just a name doesn't do it for me....I want to really understand this insect, and how it relates to everything else. Every new discovery has value, every new knowledge has a place. Thanks, again!
… Danny Mims, 5 August, 2008 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

 
Fix name
First, I need to correct my typo on the name: it's Lepidophora, not Lepidocera. I don't know much about them. We don't have this genus in the West, where I come from. I encounter them only in my travels in Mexico, but I don't have much to tell you. Others surely do.
… Andy Calderwood, 5 August, 2008 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

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