Bug FAQSinuous Bee Fly
Hemipenthes sinuosus · Order: Diptera · Family: Bombyliidae
The sinuous bee fly lives throughout North America, from Canada through the United States into Mexico. It looks much like Hemipenthes jaennickeana but can be told apart by its wing-vein pattern.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It differs from H. jaennickeana in the pattern of veins on its wings.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its range covers North America, from Canada through the United States into Mexico.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 46 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, California, Colorado, Oklahoma, Minnesota, New Mexico, Arizona, Wisconsin.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Bombyliidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemipenthes_sinuosa
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.