this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2024
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For the bees! And their buzzy little bums.

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Vote in the comments! As a bonus, it appears to eat nectar.

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[–] TheDobharChu 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen.

[–] Valmond 3 points 4 months ago

We call them robot flies, as they move in a robotic way. Not the correct name ofc.

[–] NRay7882 5 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's a Robberfly that presents as a bumblebee, used to see them in the sonoran desert.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Comma splice, or description of using one bug to lure another?

[–] chonglibloodsport 3 points 4 months ago

Hoverfly! I’ve seen these hovering around my tomatoes!

[–] Zachariah 2 points 4 months ago

beefly?
flybee?
fleeby?
byflee?

[–] I_Fart_Glitter 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hoverflies are allowed here! They are also welcome over in [email protected]

[–] IMALlama 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Thanks for the other community link! I was being a bit facetious with this particular image, but I caught a few other probably-a-fly-but-lookes-like-a-bees that I'll post over the next few days.

We have a very pollinator friendly yard, so we have all kinds of flying critters. I won't limit myself to just bees and bee lookalikes though :)