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.
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.
Comma splice, or description of using one bug to lure another?
Hoverfly! I’ve seen these hovering around my tomatoes!
Hoverflies are allowed here! They are also welcome over in !awwnverts@lemmy.world
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?
For the bees! And their buzzy little bums.
