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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: being. with bees.
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:20:37 -0500
References: <C6F88ADD-1308-4AE8-9EE1-F99D137F8850@mac.com> <BLU173-DS11E291C03A3F32EC942107B8730@phx.gbl> <C3A0550C-9670-4A47-8566-45B46512A51C@cartersxrd.net>

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







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