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title: "Ferruginous Bee-Grabber"
description: "Sicus ferrugineus — Insects & spiders. Sicus ferrugineus is a species of fly from the genus Sicus in the family Conopidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/ferruginous-bee-grabber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ferruginous Bee-Grabber

> Sicus ferrugineus — Insects & spiders. Sicus ferrugineus is a species of fly from the genus Sicus in the family Conopidae.

- Scientific name: *Sicus ferrugineus*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7944
- Wikidata: [Q1500632](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1500632)
- iNaturalist taxon: [70175](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/70175)

## Names

- en: Ferruginous Bee-Grabber
- de: Gemeine Breitstirnblasenkopffliege
- fr: Sice ferrugineux

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1638), DE (293), FI (215), FR (189), NL (126), RU (126), BE (55), PL (48), ES (45), LT (45), AT (39), DK (36)

## Summary

Sicus ferrugineus is a species of fly from the genus Sicus in the family Conopidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicus_ferrugineus

## Photo

![Ferruginous Bee-Grabber](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ferruginous-bee-grabber/medium.jpg)

Photo: Quentin Groom · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52253792

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ferruginous-bee-grabber?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).