David Element
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Flies 57 – Hottenttot Bee-flies
HOTTENTTOT BEE-FLY
Villa
hottenttota (f)
HOTTENTTOT BEE-FLY Villa hottenttota (f)
HOTTENTTOT BEE-FLY Villa hottenttota (f)
HOTTENTTOT BEE-FLY Villa hottenttota (f)
HOTTENTTOT BEE-FLY Villa hottenttota (f)
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The Hottentot Bee-fly Villa
hottenttota is one of
several similar, sexually dimorphic, European flies belonging to the genus Villa. This female
was photographed in the Vendée, France. The
band-pattern on the upper surface of the abdomen is a useful feature when
separating them. Bee-fly larvae are principally parasitoids
of solitary wasps and bees, and in the case of V. hottenttota
of sphecid wasps. As may be seen from the
photographs, their parents are useful pollinators.
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