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9:24 PM | October 31, 2012
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Alright, it’s actually a slightly less scary sounding bee fly (Bombyliidae), but don’t let its mild-mannered name and fuzzy appearance fool you; this fly’s a killer! It may seem cute to us, but if you’re a wasp, the last thing you ever experience may be the larvae of this species gnawing on your developing body! While [...]

Yeates D.K. & Greathead D. (1997). The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid flies, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 60 (2) 149-185. DOI:

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