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Pygmy Bee Fly

Bombylius pygmaeus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 4, February 4, March 6, April 14, May 27, June 18, July 15, August 13, September 12, October 10, November 6, December 5.
Canada535
United States317
Quebec134
Ontario118
New York88
New Brunswick79
Nova Scotia74
New Hampshire34
Maine27
Nunavut24

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyBee Flies · Bombyliidae
GenusGreater Bee Flies · Bombylius

Sources

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