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This remarkable behavior has earned such species the colloquial name of Bomber flies, it can be seen in Roy Kleuker's online video clip in YouTube. [6] Female flies with this remarkable oviposition strategy typically have a ventral storage structure known as a sand chamber on the posterior end of the abdomen, which is filled with sand grains ...
At first, a brown recluse spider bite may look like a bug bite or bee sting. It can be a small, raised red or purplish bump. You may see a tiny pinprick or two fang marks at the area of the bite ...
Eristalis tenax, the common drone fly, is a common, migratory, cosmopolitan species of hover fly. [2] It is the most widely distributed syrphid species in the world, and is known from all regions except the Antarctic.
The tiger bee fly, Xenox tigrinus, is an insect of the family Bombyliidae (bee flies) found in the eastern United States and southern Ontario. [1] It formerly went by the name Anthrax tigrinus. [2] The distinctive wing pattern may resemble tiger stripes, giving the tiger bee fly its name.
Although most flies live and fly close to the ground, a few are known to fly at heights and a few like Oscinella (Chloropidae) are known to be dispersed by winds at altitudes of up to 2,000 ft and over long distances. [56] Some hover flies like Metasyrphus corollae have been known to undertake long flights in response to aphid population spurts ...
These critters have started swarming around the Myrtle Beach area and biting people. Here’s what to know about them.
Horse flies and deer flies [a] are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera. The adults are often large and agile in flight. Only females bite land vertebrates, including humans, to obtain blood. They prefer to fly in sunlight, avoiding dark and shady areas, and are inactive at night.
The sting of a bullet ant has been compared to being shot with a firearm, and is said to be the most painful of any insect bite. ‘Naked and Afraid’ contestants suffer world's most painful ...