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Meet the bee-fly: the cute bee mimic with a dark side
In total, 10 bee-fly species live in the UK. Find out more about them at the end of this article. While adult bee-flies are adorable, a young bee-fly isn't quite as endearing. The larva is a ...
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Not just bees and butterflies: Beetles and other brilliant bugs are nature's unsung pollinators
Named for their distinctive hovering flight, stripey yellow-and-black hover flies (Syrphidae) are often mistaken for bees. Hover flies are potential pollinators of several native plants. The larvae of ...
Natural History Museum%2c London5 年
Identification key to species of myiasis-causing fly larvae
This identification aid will concentrate on third instar larvae. Both the Old World screwworm fly (OWSF) Chrysomya bezziana and the New World screwworm fly (NWSF) Cochliomyia hominovorax are major ...
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What Leafcutter Bees Do With Their Perfectly Shaped Leaf Circles
After cutting what they need, the bees fly back to their nests and use the ... leaf covering the “door” of the hole to protect the larvae within. The post What Leafcutter Bees Do With Their ...