Poecilanthrax willistoni, Williston's bee fly or sand dune bee fly, is a member of the Bombyliidae insect family. This family includes the bee flies, true flies that have developed Batesian mimicry characteristics to avoid predators. That is, they look like bees because that helps them avoid bee-wary predators, but they lack stingers. This species at a glance resembles a bee, fumbling flowers for nectar and sporting alternating orange and black bars down its abdomen. Unlike a bee, however, it has large red eyes and long, swept-back wings that it holds out from its body.
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| - Poecilanthrax willistoni (in)
- Poecilanthrax willistoni (en)
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| - Poecilanthrax willistoni adalah spesies lalat yang berasal dari genus dan famili Bombyliidae. Lalat ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Diptera, kelas Insecta, filum Arthropoda, dan kingdom Animalia. Lalat ini biasanya memakan nektar dan polen yang ada dalam bunga. (in)
- Poecilanthrax willistoni är en tvåvingeart som först beskrevs av Daniel William Coquillett 1887. Poecilanthrax willistoni ingår i släktet Poecilanthrax och familjen svävflugor. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. (sv)
- Poecilanthrax willistoni, Williston's bee fly or sand dune bee fly, is a member of the Bombyliidae insect family. This family includes the bee flies, true flies that have developed Batesian mimicry characteristics to avoid predators. That is, they look like bees because that helps them avoid bee-wary predators, but they lack stingers. This species at a glance resembles a bee, fumbling flowers for nectar and sporting alternating orange and black bars down its abdomen. Unlike a bee, however, it has large red eyes and long, swept-back wings that it holds out from its body. (en)
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| - *Anthrax willistonii (Coquillett, 1887) (en)
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| - Poecilanthrax willistoni, Williston's bee fly or sand dune bee fly, is a member of the Bombyliidae insect family. This family includes the bee flies, true flies that have developed Batesian mimicry characteristics to avoid predators. That is, they look like bees because that helps them avoid bee-wary predators, but they lack stingers. P. willistoni also has larvae that act as parasitoids on other insect species. They drop their eggs strategically so that when the larvae emerge they can easily locate and consume grubs and caterpillars. The bee fly sometimes propels its eggs into holes where beetles live, and when the bee fly's eggs hatch, the larvae attack and eat the beetles' offspring. This species of bee fly lives on sand dunes, and so parasitizes sand dune insect species. This species at a glance resembles a bee, fumbling flowers for nectar and sporting alternating orange and black bars down its abdomen. Unlike a bee, however, it has large red eyes and long, swept-back wings that it holds out from its body. (en)
- Poecilanthrax willistoni adalah spesies lalat yang berasal dari genus dan famili Bombyliidae. Lalat ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Diptera, kelas Insecta, filum Arthropoda, dan kingdom Animalia. Lalat ini biasanya memakan nektar dan polen yang ada dalam bunga. (in)
- Poecilanthrax willistoni är en tvåvingeart som först beskrevs av Daniel William Coquillett 1887. Poecilanthrax willistoni ingår i släktet Poecilanthrax och familjen svävflugor. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. (sv)
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