BeeButts

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For the bees! And their buzzy little bums.

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I sit and watch for bee butts in my wildflowers. (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by moistclump to c/beebutts

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That is a fly butt. Still cute!

[–] moistclump 2 points 5 months ago

Fly butt!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

looks like a ~~horse fly~~. I have learned something new. it is a drone fly!. thank you for the correction, malice!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just a drone fly, not a horse fly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

thank you so much! fixed.

[–] moistclump 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is this a bee butt?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That is also a fly butt!

[–] moistclump 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do I have any bees??? Is my life a lie???

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Hover Flies are often mistaken for bees. The eyes are a decent giveaway (files have huge eyes that basically cover the whole head, looking sorta like a motorcycle helmet), plus bees tend to be furrier and fly a little less gracefully. If you get a closer look, bees have 4 wings, flies have two.