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Eristalis Tenax

Photo by MatthewFuller
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Field Notes

Description:

Some sort of fly, I thought it was a bee at first.

In the 2nd photo you can see it stretched out its abdomen, almost looks like a stinger!

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Eristalis tenax

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Comments (3)
LauraMaria
How cool, I've never seen a hoverfly do that... amazing how much they look like bees!
MatthewFuller
I'd be inclined to agree, were it not for this fly's total lack of flying skill it only did that stretched abdomen thing once, the rest of the time it was stubby like a bee/fly
LauraMaria
Wow, that's really unusual, don't think I've ever seen anything like that! My guess is some kind of hoverfly, but never seen one with the stinger-type thing!
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PublishedMay 13, 2011

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