- for bee fly
species that lack a long
proboscis or long, thin legs. Such
bombyliids can
still be
distinguished in the
field by
anatomical features such as:...
-
often mimic Hymenoptera and
hover around flowers, as well,
rendering some
bombyliid species hard to tell
apart from
Syrphidae at
first glance. Hoverflies...
-
bacterium responsible for anthrax, the
disease Anthrax (fly), a
genus of
bombyliid flies Camponotus anthrax, a
species of ant
Anthrax (American band), an...
- from the ants by
imitating chemical odours given by ant
colony members.
Bombyliid bee
flies such as
Bombylius major are short-bodied, round, furry, and...
-
Anthrax is a
genus of
bombyliid flies,
commonly known as "bee-flies" due to
their resemblance to bees. Most are dull
black flies, and are
usually small...
- thread, the
territorial male
pursues it.
There is one
common species of
bombyliid flies known to
parasitize the
larvae of
Xylocopa virginica:
Xenox tigrinus...
-
proboscides length is
often seen at the
subfamily level. B.canescens is a
Bombyliid fly of the long-proboscis variety.
Specimens collected in
Italy had proboscis...
-
Reginald H. (1962). "The
taxonomy and
biology of
Systoechus and
Anastoechus Bombyliid (Diptera)
predators in gr****hopper egg pods".
Journal of the
Kansas Entomological...
-
ectoparasite of T.
politum prepupae.
Other sources of
parasitism include the
bombyliid fly Anthrax,
chrysidid wasps, and
various species of
scavenger flies (Miltogramminae)...
- America. It is
known to be a
predator of many
types of flies,
including the
bombyliids that are
parasitoids of Glenostictia, and rare fly
species such as Neorhynchocephalus...
