page_title: Lordotus pulchrissimus
section_title: Distribution
hierarchical_section_title: Lordotus pulchrissimus / Distribution
caption_attribution_description: English: Generated from https://mapchart.net/
context_page_description: Lordotus pulchrissimus is a species of bee fly in the taxonomic order Diptera and family Bombyliidae. It is also frequently referred to as the desert bee fly. Few studies have been done on the biology of L. pulchrissimus, although their behavior in the wild has been observed.
  The primary food of desert bee flies is rabbitbrush, a flowering desert plant. The flies feed on its nectar and also aid in its pollination.
  A trademark of L. pulchrissimus is the daily tendency of males to form large aerial swarm for reasons that are currently unknown. Aside from two studies on this male aggregation behavior, the other behaviors of L. pulchrissimus are less studied.
context_section_description: Lordotus pulchrissimus have been documented in different desert locations throughout southwestern United States and northern Mexico. This includes multiple sites where they have been studied in the wild in California, Arizona, and Nevada. Not much precise information is known about their overall distribution other than what is mentioned about their presence at specific test sites.
  On average, males emerge first before females. Both sexes emerge over a relatively long proportion of the season.
caption: The observed distribution of Lordotus pulchrissimus in the United States.
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