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Anthracite Bee-fly

Anthrax anthrax

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera

Anthrax anthrax is a species of fly in the family Bombyliidae. Unlike, for example, Bombylius major, this species does not mimic a bee. The eggs are flicked by the adult female toward the entrance of the nests of mason bees.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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