bort@lemmy.sdf.org to The Bug Menagerie@possumpat.ioEnglish · 11 months agoBee? Wasp?lemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1imageBee? Wasp?lemmy.sdf.orgbort@lemmy.sdf.org to The Bug Menagerie@possumpat.ioEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareThenThreeMore@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months 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-up1·11 months 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