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Black Bee Fly

Anthrax analis

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera

Anthrax analis, the black bee fly, is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It can be found throughout North America, from the Yukon east to Quebec in Canada, the entire mainland United States, most of Mexico, and as far south as Costa Rica and Cuba. As an adult it is a pollinator, and as a larva it is a parasitoid of tiger beetles in the genus Cicindela, and likely also of solitary bees.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 306Canada · 78Mexico · 2Brazil · 1