{"id":1030,"date":"2017-07-05T10:54:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T16:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2017-07-05T10:54:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T16:54:05","slug":"bumble-bee-mimic-robber-fly-laphria-sacrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=1030","title":{"rendered":"Bumble bee mimic robber fly <em>(Laphria sacrator)<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1031\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bumble_bee_mimic_robber_fly_Laphria_sacrator_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1031\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1031\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bumble_bee_mimic_robber_fly_Laphria_sacrator_01.jpg\" alt=\"bumble bee mimic robber fly (Laphria sacrator)\" width=\"960\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bumble_bee_mimic_robber_fly_Laphria_sacrator_01.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bumble_bee_mimic_robber_fly_Laphria_sacrator_01-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bumble_bee_mimic_robber_fly_Laphria_sacrator_01-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bumble_bee_mimic_robber_fly_Laphria_sacrator_01-624x488.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Christa Rittberg<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With 7,003 species in 530 genera worldwide, robber flies are one of the largest and most abundant families of insects alive today. Bee-like robber flies, as the common name for the genus suggests, resemble bees. There are 240 species of bee-like robber flies, 62 species in North America north of Mexico. Few of the species have been given a common name. <em>Laphria sacrator<\/em> is one of several species famous for being a bumble bee mimic, so \u201cbumble bee mimic robber fly\u201d will stand in for the common name.<\/p>\n<p>Bumble bee mimic robber fly <em>(Laphria sacrator)<\/em> is a short, robust, medium-sized, bee-like robber fly. It is fairly common in northeastern and north-central United States, including Minnesota. It has a stout thorax and a short abdomen, both partially covered with long yellow hairs making it resemble a bumble bee. It is one of the hairiest of the bee-like robber flies. Adults are \u215d\u2033 to 1\u2033 long.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnesotaseasons.com\/Insects\/bumble_bee_mimic_robber_fly_(Laphria_sacrator).html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.minnesotaseasons.com\/Insects\/bumble_bee_mimic_robber_fly_(Laphria_sacrator).html<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=1030\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 7,003 species in 530 genera worldwide, robber flies are one of the largest and most abundant families of insects alive today. Bee-like robber flies, as the common name for the genus suggests, resemble bees. There are 240 species of bee-like robber flies, 62 species in North America north of Mexico. 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