Bombyliidae (Bee Flies) of Orange County, California
Clear wings

Aphoebantus borealis

Aphoebantus conurus

Aphoebantus interruptus
male

Aphoebantus interruptus
female

Aphoebantus sp.

Apolysis sp.

Geron sp.

Heterostylum robustum

Lordotus planus

Lordotus zona

Paracosmos sp.

Subfamily Phthiriinae

Toxophora sp.

Villa inops

Villa lateralis

Villa sp.

Villa sp.

Villa sp.

Villa sp.
 
Black patches

Hemipenthes lepidota

Hemipenthes sinuosa

Hemipenthes sp.

Thyridanthrax atratus

Villa Miscella

Tribe Villini #8
       
Part smoky wings

Aphoebantus transitus

Anthracine Bee Fly

Greater Bee Fly, Bombylius major

Bombylius (fascialis or lancifer)

Chrysanthrax (junctura?)

Chrysanthrax novus

Chrysanthrax vanus

Chrysanthrax sp.

Paravilla californica

Paravilla edititoides
(flies in Fall)

Paravilla fulvicoma
(flies in Spring)

Paravilla fumida

Paravilla fumosa

Paravilla splendida

Paravilla (syrtis?)

Paravilla sp.

Rhynchanthrax sp.

Thevenetimyia californica

Villa sp.
 
Smoky along wing veins

Lepidanthrax sp.

Pantarbes sp.

Paravilla tricellula

Villa sp.


Villa sp.


Tribe Villini #6

Tribe Villini #7
     
Spotted wings

Anthrax Bee Fly,
Anthrax albofasciatus

Anthrax Bee Fly,
Anthrax sp.

Anthrax Bee fly,
Anthrax varicolor

Bombylius (albicapillus?)


Bombylius curtirhynchus

Bombylius pygmaeus

Geminaria canalis

Ligyra gazophylax

Neodiplocampta sp.

Thevenetimyia affinis

Xenox delila

Xenox habrosus

Unidentified Bee Fly #22
   
Picture wings

Conophorus fenestratus

Exoprosopa doris

Exoprosopa fascipennis

Exoprosopa (fasciata group)

Ligyra gazophylax

Poecilanthrax arethusa

Thyridanthrax nugator
     
Extremely fuzzy body        

Bee fly, Anastoechus sp.