The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').
| Stage | Summary | Taxon | Vernacular | Classification | References | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| larva | larva is endoparasitoid of adult |  |
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Bombus | bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Bumblebees, Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 |
| Author & Year | Title | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 | Bumblebees | Naturalists’ Handbooks, 6, 92pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd |
CONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:
| Subtaxon | Rank | Featured subtaxa |
No of interactions |
No of references |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | 4 subtaxa | 7 trophisms | 2 references | ||||
| Genus | 2 subtaxa | 3 trophisms | |||||
| Genus | 1 subtaxa | 3 trophisms | 3 references | ||||
| Species | 3 trophisms | ||||||
| Species | 12 trophisms | ||||||
| Genus | 1 subtaxa | 4 trophisms | 1 references | ||||
| Genus | 1 subtaxa | 5 trophisms | 2 references | ||||
| Genus | 1 subtaxa | 6 trophisms | |||||
 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for CONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)
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| Handling & Magnification | Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Clements, D. | 1995 | The Conopid Fauna of Britain, with reference to some possible additions | Conopid Recording Scheme Newsletter 6 Conopid Recording Scheme Newsletter No 6. |
| Falk, S. | Diptera (flies) | www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/ | ||
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Smit, J.T. | 2013 | Veldtabel blaaskopvliegen van Nederland (Diptera: Conopidae) | http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/507043 |
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Smith, K.G.V. | 1969 | Diptera: Conopidae | Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 3(a), 19pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London |
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van Veen, M. | Conopidae of Northwest Europe | home.hccnet.nl/mp.van.veen/conopidae/index.html |
CONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
| Author | Year | Title | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Newsletters | |||
| Conopid Recording Scheme | Conopid Recording Scheme Newsletter | Published for/by:Conopid Recording Scheme, Dipterists Forum |
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers):
 BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk)
has 195 images of CONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)
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A small family of flies whose larvae are internal parasites of bees or wasps. The adults visit flowers. Those of the subfamily Conopinae are brightly coloured and can often be conspicuous on flowers, especially Ragwort, in summer. Those of the other subfamily, Myopinae, are duller and need more careful searching.
Adults often found on flowers in summer.
Lazy bumblebees are said to be parasitised and there have been reports of Conopids emerging from bees collected from flowers in the evening and kept over winter.
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