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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Bombyliinae » Bombyliini » Heterostylum » Bomber Fly (Heterostylum robustum)
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Beefly. - Heterostylum robustum - male
Copyright © 2009 Beth Sands

Beefly. - Heterostylum robustum - Male
Manteca , California, San Joquin County, California, USA
July 11, 2009
Size: a good 1/2 "
I love this insect as it is so pretty and graceful in the way it hovers over the Lantana flowers like a Hummingbird going all the way around the flowers precisely dipping in each little flower of the flower-head cluster . When it flies it makes a nice buzzzzz sound as it zips around . I know that I have entered this kind before , but this one is so furry and fresh . Thanks for any comments sincerely Beth Oh, I think it is a male because the eyes are close together ... is that correct ?

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Contributed by Beth Sands on 17 July, 2009 - 7:36am
Last updated 21 April, 2018 - 10:13pm

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This is the bee parasite Heterostylum robustum.
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