Bee Flies

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Image 1. The rapidly moving wings are just a blur while it hovers and puts its long proboscis into the Echium vulgare flower. Bee flies, which are not bees, are in the family Bombyliidae. The photo was taken in southern France.

Image 2. These mating bee flies are in the family Bombyliidae. They mimic honeybees in appearance. The photo was taken in southern France.

Image 3. Bee fly on Penstemon laetus, from the Sierra Nevada.

Image 4. Bee fly on Penstemon laetus, from the Sierra Nevada.