Beefly, Bombylius major

Beeflies, Bombyliidae are a family of flies that larvae live on eggs or early stages of grasshoppers, beetles, Lepidoptera, bees and wasps. They are generally active fliers and Beeflies are great pollinators that frequent many different genera of plants throughout much of the World.

Bombylius major is a common large Beefly that seems to pollinate most Flowers. Larvae are parasitoids of the larvae of solitary bees

Beefly on Ribes caliofornicum - Bombylius major - grid24_6

Beefly, Bombylius major on Ribes californicum

Sinuous Bee Fly (Hemipenthes sinuosa) A parasite of parasitic bees such as Banchus and Ophion and parasitic flies like tachinids

Thevenetimyia californica is a large and weird Beefly. - grid24_6

Thevenetimyia californica looks like something out of a SciFi comic book.

This little Beefly, Phthiriinae, (maybe Neacreotrichus) lays eggs among it's preys eggs. Lepidoptera, bees, and wasps, beetles, grasshoppers. - grid24_6

This weird little fly is a Beefly in the Phthiriinae tribe, maybe Neacreotrichus

This Beefly, (Pantarbes) looks more like a fuzzy fly. - grid24_6

A fuzzy wuzzy little Beefly, Pantarbes.

Beefly, Poecilanthrax working a Plum Flower - grid24_6

A different Beefly, Poecilanthra

Villini, Thyridanthrax , Thyridanthrax pallidus - grid24_6

This cute little beefly is called Thyridanthrax pallidus. How about Tiger gray fly?

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