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  • What is this insect?

    Most days when I get home from work (about 6:15 pm), there is what appears to be a bee in my front yard. There is only one, it is always in the same place, hovering 2-3 feet from a tree, facing the tree. It moves around a little bit but not more than one or two feet, and it is always facing the tree and on the same side of it. It is a little bit bigger than a honeybee and is the same basic shape, but I have never seen a honeybee behave this way. It isn't always there but when it is, I have not seen it do anything other than what I have described.

    What is it, and what is it doing?
    Curiosity never hurt anyone. It was stupidity that killed the cat.

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    Hoverfly? (For obvious reasons)
    When I Survey....

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Faber View Post
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      Hoverfly? (For obvious reasons)
      That's a wannabee if i ever saw one.

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        baby bumblebee?

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        • #5
          There are no flowers nearby. I haven't seen it in a while, but it did look like it was guarding something rather than looking for something.
          Curiosity never hurt anyone. It was stupidity that killed the cat.

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          • #6
            This is a syrphid fly. A dipteran, with protective coloration looking like a bee.
            http://jenny.tfrec.wsu.edu/opm/displ...ies.php?pn=730

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              Carpenter Bee?

              Notice any holes about big enough to stick your pinky in that looks like somebody drilled it?

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              • #8
                I'll check out the tree. I started this thread about a year ago, and I saw another one of these "wannabees" the other day. It mostly hovers but moves around just enough that I can't get a picture of it.
                I don't think it's a type of fly because it does hover, and I didn't think flies could do that.
                Curiosity never hurt anyone. It was stupidity that killed the cat.

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                • #9
                  You might want to video it instead, and grab some shots from it.
                  Watch your links! http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/fa...corumetiquette

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by QuantaFille View Post
                    I'll check out the tree. I started this thread about a year ago, and I saw another one of these "wannabees" the other day. It mostly hovers but moves around just enough that I can't get a picture of it.
                    I don't think it's a type of fly because it does hover, and I didn't think flies could do that.
                    It's called a hornet hoverfly (Volucella zonaria). They eat aphids and leafhoppers, both of which are destructive. The hoverfly is not.
                    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                      Carpenter Bee?

                      Notice any holes about big enough to stick your pinky in that looks like somebody drilled it?
                      Just two wings, which means it's a dipteran, like a housefly. I had some carpenter bees get into a pergola on my patio. I'd wipe them out each year, and they'd come back the next year. Finally removed it and put up a metal one.

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