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.
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2024
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For the bees! And their buzzy little bums.
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We call them robot flies, as they move in a robotic way. Not the correct name ofc.
There's a Robberfly that presents as a bumblebee, used to see them in the sonoran desert.
Hoverfly! I’ve seen these hovering around my tomatoes!
Hoverflies are allowed here! They are also welcome over in [email protected]
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 :)
beefly?
flybee?
fleeby?
byflee?