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.
9 Comments
Malice@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 2y
That is a fly butt. Still cute!
moistclump@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Fly butt!
Nima@leminal.space · 5 pts · 2y
looks like a
horse fly. I have learned something new. it is a drone fly!. thank you for the correction, malice!Malice@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y
Just a drone fly, not a horse fly.
Nima@leminal.space · 2 pts · 2y
thank you so much! fixed.
moistclump@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Is this a bee butt?
Malice@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 2y
That is also a fly butt!
moistclump@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Do I have any bees??? Is my life a lie???
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y
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.