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'giant bee fly'

Philoliche longirostris

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Notes:

This bee is bigger than a Carpenter bee, and its proboscis is one and a half times bigger than its size. This is a huge bee fly (Bombyliidae). Spotted in a pine forest. It produces a low tenor humming sound.

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14421321
http://zipcodezoo.com/index.php/Philoliche_longirostris
http://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research_news/201604/t20160429_162583.sh…
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/lapeirousia/captions.shtml

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Philoliche longirostris - Wikiwand

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