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.
![Beefly on manzanita flower - grid24_12 Beefly on manzanita flower - grid24_12](/images/grid24_12/8085/animals/insects/flies/beefly/p1030818-beefly.jpg)
Bombylius major is a common large Beefly that seems to pollinate most Flowers. Larvae are parasitoids of the larvae of solitary bees
![Sinuous Bee Fly (Hemipenthes sinuosa)
A parasite of parasitic bees such as Banchus and Ophion and parasitic flies like tachinids - grid24_12 Sinuous Bee Fly (Hemipenthes sinuosa)
A parasite of parasitic bees such as Banchus and Ophion and parasitic flies like tachinids - grid24_12](/images/grid24_12/10327/images/insects/hemipenthes/hemipenthes-sinuosa.jpg)
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_12 Thevenetimyia californica is a large and weird Beefly. - grid24_12](/images/grid24_12/10930/images/insects/thevenetimyia/thevenetimyia-californica.jpg)
Thevenetimyia californica looks like something out of a SciFi comic book.