Florida Bee Killers: Mallophora
From Entomology Circulars.
Three large predaceous robber flies of the genus Mallophora occur in Florida. Mallophora bomboides (Wiedemann) is known as the “Florida bee killer”; M. orcina (Wiedemann) as the “southern bee killer”; and M. nigra Williston as the “black bee killer” (Bromley 1950). …read more
