Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/06/20/its-not-what-you-might-think/> <http://beespotter.mste.illinois.edu/topics/mimics/> On Jul 3, 2013, at 2:14 PM, "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > Just saw this. From the first picture, with the wings extended, it looks > like the top "bee" is actually a fly. I only see two wings, not four, > classic fly eye "here's looking at you" look, and the antennae are a bit > funny for a bee. Perhaps a robber fly, but most have a longer, pointier > abdomen. Not all, however. > > I would say the smaller is definitely a bee. It has the classic antennae > and look. > > As far as behavior, I am not sure what is going on. Maybe there is so much > nectar, no one feels threatened, or maybe they are drunk??? Ha. If my > entomology prof is still alive, I will try to send him the photo and see > what he thinks. Where, geographically, are these taken? Might be of some > help. > > I have been out of the insect business for too long. Forgotten most of > what > I knew. Use it or loose it, I guess. there is a strange pollinator around > her that I have seen. It has been on my lavender. I think it is a fly, > too, but very different. > > Aram > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 7:52 AM > To: "Group Users Leica" <lug at leica-users.org> > Cc: "LRF reflex" <leicareflex at freelists.org> > Subject: [Leica] IMGs: being. with bees. > >> c & c always welcome and appreciated >> >> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=7529> >> >> (any insights into bee behavior would be welcomed to) >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information