What is Bombylius major?
{{Taxobox | name = Large bee fly | image = Grosser Wollschweber Bombylius major detail edit.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Bombylius major'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | subphylum = [[Hexapoda]] | classis = [[Insect]]a | subclassis = [[Pterygota]] | infraclassis = [[Neoptera]] | superordo = [[Endopterygota]]| | ordo = [[Fly|Diptera]] | subordo = [[Brachycera]] | familia = [[Bombyliidae]] | subfamilia = [[Bombyliinae]] | genus = ''[[Bombylius]]'' | species = '''''B. major''''' | binomial = ''Bombylius major'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[Systema Naturae|1758]] }} '''''Bombylius major''''', the '''large bee fly''', is a [[fly]] which is a [[bee]] [[mimic]]. It is a [[parasitoid]] on [[bees]] and [[wasp]]s. The eggs are flicked by the adult female toward the entrance of the underground nests of [[solitary bee]]s and [[wasp|wasps]]. After hatching, the larvae find their way into the nests to feed on the [[Larva|grubs]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Stubbs, A. and Drake, M.|year=2001 |title=British Soldierflies and their allies: a field guide to the larger British Brachycera|pages=512 pp|publisher=British Entomological & Natural History Society |language=English|isbn=1899935045}}</ref> They can be found in April to June in [[Europe]] and [[North America]] and some parts of [[Asia]]. == References == {{commonscat|Bombylius major}} {{wikispecies|Bombylius major}} {{Reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Flies]]