tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post8296105270513252484..comments2024-03-28T06:50:11.258-05:00Comments on Bug Eric: Bee FliesBug Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-87603159352468800122010-04-10T13:53:22.023-05:002010-04-10T13:53:22.023-05:00I might have taken the ones with short proboscides...I might have taken the ones with short proboscides as syrphids, except maybe for their wing position. Learned something here today.James C. Tragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843481778096677426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-32382907076705523532010-04-09T21:10:40.971-05:002010-04-09T21:10:40.971-05:00I love these! I saw some last summer on flowers in...I love these! I saw some last summer on flowers in my front field, and they are very very strange-looking. Didn't know what they were at the time, but clearly they were bees. Except that, just as clearly, they were not.Joy K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06200194467024962551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-36483710052236823762010-04-09T13:34:04.625-05:002010-04-09T13:34:04.625-05:00Bombyliid flies of the deliciously deadly-sounding...Bombyliid flies of the deliciously deadly-sounding genus <em>Anthrax</em> have been found parasitizing one of my favorite insects - tiger beetles. More than 30 larvae were found living as external parasites of the larva of a Neotropical tiger beetle species. The adults "flick" their eggs into the open burrows.Ted C. MacRaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07468976060347412389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-10853137228825545382010-04-09T12:10:00.231-05:002010-04-09T12:10:00.231-05:00Love your bugs Eric!! You might enjoy seeing this ...Love your bugs Eric!! You might enjoy seeing this one of ours:<br /><br />http://saphotographs.blogspot.com/2008/10/wooly-bee-fly_07.htmlSAPhotographs (Joan)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15993474141491808257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-20068666629585600692010-04-08T19:06:52.729-05:002010-04-08T19:06:52.729-05:00Nice blog, Eric! Bee flies are some of my favorit...Nice blog, Eric! Bee flies are some of my favorites to photograph. :-)Heidi Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04381072215480859585noreply@blogger.com