bort@lemmy.sdf.org to The Bug Menagerie@possumpat.ioEnglish · 2 years agoBee? Wasp?lemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1imageBee? Wasp?lemmy.sdf.orgbort@lemmy.sdf.org to The Bug Menagerie@possumpat.ioEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareThenThreeMore@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoLooks like a hover fly. The fact your asking means that its evolutionary colouring has worked. They’re completely harmless, but they’ve evolved the colouring of bees / wasps to trick predictors.
minus-squarebort@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI always thought hoverflies were way smaller
Looks like a hover fly. The fact your asking means that its evolutionary colouring has worked. They’re completely harmless, but they’ve evolved the colouring of bees / wasps to trick predictors.
I always thought hoverflies were way smaller