#drone fly

[tomhoppusdelonge]

[vulkun]

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[collemblogging]

The Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly (Eristalis stipator), a commendable honeybee mimic. Hover flies of the tribe Erstalini are known as "Rat-tailed Maggots" in their youth, owing to their... unique appearance. All hover flies act as vital pollinators for many plant species!

[sandpaperoctopi]

Invertober Day 23: orange-legged drone fly

[onenicebugperday]

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Found this cool guy chillin’ on the railing of my balcony. My sense is that he’s not a bee but some kind of fly. Eyes don’t seem bee-like to me. Any thoughts as to id? He’s in Victoria Canada.

You're right, definitely a fly rather than a bee. It's a hover fly, and one of the drone flies in the genus Eristalis. Looks male from what I can see of the eyes!

[belfrybattt]

Common Drone Fly - Eristalis tenax

[patheticmosasaur1]

today's invertebrate……….merodon equestris

her friends always call her the big. the big what? the big chungus now you might ask a big why? why do they call her that? well it started a long time ago when was that? what's the big when? about 7 years ago, as a little inside joke that started in a very big place and the big where? somewhere in france. no idea where though

glorpiness: big who? big chungus

photographed by S. Rae (CC BY 2.0)

this description came to me in a dream

[mostlythemarsh]

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