bee fly
(Villa lateralis)
| Conservation Status | IUCN Red List |
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N5 - Secure |
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| Taxonomy | Order: |
Diptera (gnats, mosquitoes, true flies) |
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Brachycera (circular-seamed flies, mouches muscoïdes, muscoid flies, short-horned flies) |
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Infraorder: |
Muscomorpha |
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Superfamily: |
Asiloidea |
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Family: |
Bombyliidae (bee flies) |
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Subfamily: |
Anthracinae |
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Tribe: |
Villini |
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| Synonyms | Anthrax lateralis |
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| Jessie | |||
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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| Alfredo Colon 8/22/2019 |
Location: Woodbury, MN |
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| Jessie 7/3/2016 |
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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John Valo |
One of our viewers (pinners?) on Pinterest commented: “Antennae appears to long for a fly”. |
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