Bee Flies, Dragonflies, and other "Flies"
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Image 1. The rapidly moving wings are just a blur while it hovers and puts its long proboscis into the Echium vulgare flower. Bee flies, which are not bees, are in the family Bombyliidae. The photo was taken in southern France.
Image 2. These mating bee flies are in the family Bombyliidae. They mimic honeybees in appearance. The photo was taken in southern France. Image 3. Bee fly on Penstemon laetus, from the Sierra Nevada
Image 4. Bee fly on Penstemon laetus, from the Sierra Nevada
Image 5. A dragonfly, or possibly a damselfly, photographed in New Mexico.
Image 6. A dragonfly, or possibly a damselfly, photographed in New Mexico. Image 7. A dragonfly in flight, Alaska.
Image 8. Male and female damselflies on a lily pond leaf in Provence.
Image 9. An owl fly.
Image 10. A syrphid fly on Monspeliensis sp., in Provence.
Image 11. A syrphid fly in Provence.
Image 12. Possibly a may fly, on lichen-covered rock.
Image 13. Eggs of a midge that crawled back and forth to lay them on |
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