bee fly

Sources

7, 24, 27, 29, 30, 82, 83.

Infraorder
Orthorrhapha was historically one of two infraorders of Brachycera, a suborder of Diptera. However, Orthorrhapha was paraphyletic, meaning that it did not contain all of the descendants of the last common ancestor. It was split into five extant (still existing) and one extinct infraorder. Orthorrhapha is now considered obsolete and has not been used in the last decade, but it persists in printed literature and on some online sources. A recent revision of the order Diptera (Pape, et al., 2011) revived the name Orthorrhapha, but this has not been widely accepted.

This species has no common name. The common name of the family Bombyliidae is bee flies, and it is applied here for convenience.

these are hatching from my front door. There appears to be a large some other insect also in the door, but no longer fits through the tiny holes. It's creepy, but I got a shot of one of the bee flies.

Location: Woodbury, MN

Location: Rochester, MN Olmsted County

these are hatching from my front door. There appears to be a large some other insect also in the door, but no longer fits through the tiny holes. It's creepy, but I got a shot of one of the bee flies.

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“Antennae appears to long for a fly”.