Thread: Wasp or bee?
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Old 07-04-2011, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Stephen Wolstenholme View Post
Looks like a fly mimicking a bumblebee.
Steve, it clearly isn't. Look at some pictures of beeflies and hoverflies, and concentrate on the eyes and mouthparts. Then look at some pictures of bees and wasps. The eyes and mouth-parts of flies vs bees/wasps are quite different, even for the imitator species. This one has typical eyes and mouthparts of a bee or wasp.