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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Bombyliinae » Bombyliini » Bombylius
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Bee? - Bombylius
Copyright © 2009 smayo44

Bee? - Bombylius
Forest Ranch, butte County, California, USA
April 1, 2009
Size: .5-.75"
There were many of these on flowers in my yard.
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Contributed by smayo44 on 1 April, 2009 - 4:21pm
Last updated 16 January, 2010 - 11:47am

Moved
Moved from Bombylius.
… Joel Kits, 16 January, 2010 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Joel Kits, 16 January, 2010 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

Moving to family page for now...
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… Ken Schneider, 28 April, 2009 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

Beefly
A good mimic; here. Bees don't have such skinny legs.
… Beatriz Moisset, 1 April, 2009 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
That was a quick and accurate answer. Never knew they existed.
… smayo44, 1 April, 2009 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Possibly this one

Seeing wing veins would aid in ID. On these, you mostly look at the body, though. Lots of them flying in Orange County, CA currently.
… Ron Hemberger, 1 April, 2009 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Bad guys
The bad thing about these flies is that they lay their eggs near bee nests and their larvae parasitize the bee larvae. That is why they hang around the same places that bees do.
… Beatriz Moisset, 1 April, 2009 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

 
I didn't know that!
Thanks for the informative comment, Beatriz.
… Harsi S. Parker, 1 April, 2009 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

 
An equal opportunity destroyer! More info here...
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/diptera/Behavior.htm
… Ron Hemberger, 1 April, 2009 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

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