Not a bee, they have legs fuzzies for collecting pollen, and are generally hairier than wasps. This may be a wasp or another insect mimicking a bee/wasp possibly?
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.
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Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y
Not a bee, they have legs fuzzies for collecting pollen, and are generally hairier than wasps. This may be a wasp or another insect mimicking a bee/wasp possibly?
andthenthreemore@startrek.website · 4 pts · 2y
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.
bort@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y
I always thought hoverflies were way smaller
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work · 2 pts · 2y
Hover fly?