{"id":251,"date":"2010-09-10T10:23:58","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T17:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=251"},"modified":"2010-12-26T15:48:03","modified_gmt":"2010-12-26T23:48:03","slug":"bee-flies-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=251","title":{"rendered":"Three local bee flies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bee flies (Family: bombyliidae) gain their name from their behaviour (they feed on nectar and pollen) and often their appearance (they often resemble bees). Below are examples of three genera seen during the summer of 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The Kootenay-Lake\u00a0Website offers a discussion and more pictures of the local\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kootenay-lake.ca\/bugs\/flies\/index.html\">flies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bombylius fly (<em>Bombyliidae<\/em> sp.) is usually seen in the spring only to vanish later in the summer. It uses its long proboscis to extract nectar from flowers.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-254\" onmousedown=\"return false\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bombyliusmajor100416as.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bombyliusmajor100416as.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bombyliusmajor100416as-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The villa fly (<em>Villa<\/em> sp.) is often seen probing flowers.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-255\" onmousedown=\"return false\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/villa100902s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/villa100902s.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/villa100902s-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These anthrax flies (<em>Anthrax<\/em> sp.) are mating. This genus of bee flies gains the name, anthrax, from its colour (anthrax coming from the Greek word for coal). They were on some wooden siding. When a picture was taken they would fly away still attached to one another, but quickly alight again.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-252\" onmousedown=\"return false\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/anthraxfliesmating100904as.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/anthraxfliesmating100904as.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/anthraxfliesmating100904as-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bee flies (Family: bombyliidae) gain their name from their behaviour (they feed on nectar and pollen) and often their appearance (they often resemble bees). Below are examples of three genera seen during the summer of 2010. 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