family
Bee Flies
Bombyliidae
Field notes
The Bombyliidae are a family of flies, commonly known as bee flies. Some are colloquially known as bomber flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae are mostly parasitoids of other insects.
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native bee flies All
Native to the US, by observations.
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Greater Bee Fly
Bombylius major
41,154 observations
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Tiger Bee Fly
Xenox tigrinus
27,251 observations
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Villa lateralis
7,186 observations
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Sinuous Bee Fly
Hemipenthes sinuosa
4,348 observations
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Exoprosopa fasciata
1,655 observations
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Aster Bee Fly
Sparnopolius confusus
1,510 observations
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Villa agrippina
315 observations
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Bombylius incanus
241 observations
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Bombylius pulchellus
102 observations
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Systropus macer
101 observations
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Bombylius varius
65 observations
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Huron Shore Bee Fly
Dipalta banksi
62 observations
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Aldrichia ehrmanii
60 observations
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Thevenetimyia californica
44 observations
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Poecilanthrax nigripennis
23 observations