bee fly

bee fly (Villa lateralis)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Villa lateralis


Taxonomy

Order:

Diptera (gnats, mosquitoes, true flies)

 

Suborder:

Brachycera (circular-seamed flies, mouches muscoïdes, muscoid flies, short-horned flies)

 

Infraorder:

Muscomorpha

 

Superfamily:

Asiloidea

 

Family:

Bombyliidae (bee flies)

 

Subfamily:

Anthracinae

 

Tribe:

Villini


Status

 

Flight/Season

 

Habitat

 

Size

 


Identification

 

 
Similar
Species

 


Larval Food

 

 
Adult Food

 

 
Life Cycle

 

 
Behavior

 


Range Range Map  

Sources: 7.

 
Sightings

 

Pine Bend Bluffs SNA

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Female bee fly (Villa lateralis)            

Synonyms

Anthrax lateralis

 
Common
Names

 


 

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