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Genus Systoechus (Woolly Bee Flies)

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Taxonomy

Females in this genus lay eggs near grasshopper nests, and the resulting larvae consume the grasshopper egg capsules or parasitize the larvae after they hatch. The adults suck nectar from flowers with their long proboscis.

Bee Flies (Systoechus sp.), 30 June 2018
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