Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jul 3, 2013, at 1:42 PM, RicCarter wrote: > <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. >> From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com> >>> c & c always welcome and appreciated >>> >>> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=7529> I'm amazed - thanks Ric. and Aram. Never occurred to me that a "fly" would look to untrained eyes - just like a "bee" Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist