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Bee Flies are a group of flies whose common names include bee flies or humbleflies. The adult members of this family Bombyliidae, order Diptera, usually feed on nectar and pollen, some species being important pollinators. The larvae of this group are generally parasitoids of other insects.

Check out selection of some of the insects in the Bee Flies group.

Balaana Beefly (Balaana abscondita), Alice Springs, NT
Bee Flies
Bee fly, family Bombyliidae, genus Anthrax sp.
Bee Fly (Anthrax)
Astraliphthiria sp and Low Desert Rose (Gossypium bickii), south of Alice Springs NT © Dorothy Latimer
Astraliphthiria
Balaana Beefly (Balaana abscondita), Alice Springs, NT
Balaana abscondita (Balaana Beefly)
Cryomyia sp (on flower of Stylidium perula), Wandoo National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Cryomyia sp
Ligyra cingulata - Bee Fly, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Ligyra cingulata (Bee Fly)
Neosardus sp (Bee Flies family Bombyliidae), Alice Springs NT
Neosardus sp (Bee Fly)
Neosardus cosmus (Bee Fly), Wongan Hills, WA © Daniel Heald
Neosardus cosmus (Bee Fly)

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Order: Diptera
  • Superfamily: Asiloidea
  • Family: Bombyliidae
  • Subfamilies:
    • Anthracinae
    • Antoniinae
    • Bombyliinae
    • Crocidiinae
    • Cythereinae
    • Ecliminae
    • Heterotropinae
    • Lomatiinae
    • Mariobezziinae
    • Oligodraninae
    • Oniromyiinae
    • Phthiriinae
    • Tomomyzinae
    • Toxophorinae
    • Usiinae
    • Xenoprosopinae

Footnote & References

  1. Bee Flies – Family Bombyliidae, Brisbane Insects and Spiders, https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_robbers/BOMBYLIIDAE.htm
  2. BOMBYLIIDAE Latreille, 1802, Bee Flies, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Bombyliidae
  3. Bee Flies (Family Bombyliidae), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/51558-Bombyliidae

Bee FliesBee Flies Index Bee Fly (Anthrax) Australiphthiria Cryomyia sp Ligyra Neosardus cosmus

DipteraDiptera Index Flies Pollinators and Flies The Eyes of Flies Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) Australian Drain Fly Balaana Beefly Bat Flies Bee Flies Bee Flies Index Bee Fly (Anthrax) Australiphthiria Cryomyia sp Ligyra Neosardus cosmus Chrysomya saffranea Clogmia (Moth Fly) Eristalinus punctulatus Miltinus stenogaster Musca Odontomyia (Soldier Flies) Odontomyia Index Hermetia illucens (Black Soldier Fly) Robber Flies Sarcophaga aurifrons Soldier Fly Syrphidae Syrphids Common Halfband (Melangyna viridiceps) Yellow-shouldered Stout Hover Fly (Simosyrphus grandicornis) Therevidae

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