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Dotted Bee Fly

Bombylius discolor

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 172, February 127, March 199, April 313, May 452, June 493, July 527, August 454, September 333, October 249, November 136, December 106.
United States3,561
Alaska3,561
Germany535
United Kingdom248
England246
Austria206
Russia164
France136
Niederösterreich113
Hessen101

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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Practise Dotted Bee Fly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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