Location: Fellsmere Grade Recreation AreaI am known as a Plushback Fly
I'm in the Eristalinae, or Drone Fly, family
Even though I can pollinate plants
I don't have a stinger like a bee.
Behavioural mimicry of honeybees (Apis mellifera) by droneflies (Diptera: Syrphidae: Eristalis spp.)
Photo and text © 2020 Dee Fairbanks Simpson
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