File:Southern Bee Killer (Mallophora orcina) (8233621411).jpg

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Description I was buzzed by this large predatory super fly while in the scrub and managed to sneak up on it. It appears to be M. orcina and has less yellow than the M. bomboides (Florida bee killer) that I photographed previously. They mimic bumblebees and feed upon bees and wasps.
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Southern Bee Killer (Mallophora orcina)

Author Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!
Camera location26° 52′ 23.47″ N, 80° 03′ 45.47″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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