species 110 observations

Bee Fly

Anastoechus barbatus

Field notes

Anastoechus barbatus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Canada from the Yukon east to Ontario, and across most of the United States from Massachusetts west to California and Texas, but is absent from the southeast. Its larvae are predators of grasshopper eggs.

Supported by All

4 native plants
support it in the US

Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Fewleaf Sunflower, Dotted Gayfeather, White Heath Aster, Big-flower Cinquefoil 4

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided