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Posted: June 26, 2019

Taken: June 13, 2017

1/800 • f/9.0 • 300.0 mm • ISO 100 •

SONY SLT-A77V

70-300mm F4-5.6 SSM

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Wales •
Honeybee •
Honey Bee •
Sony SLT-A77V •
Oxeye Daisy •
Bridgend •
Glamorgan •
European honey bee •
Wildlife Trusts •
Moon Daisy •
Western Honey Bee •
Tamron 70-300mm F4-5.6 SP Di USD •
Parc Slip NNR •
s/n 5701360 •
WTSWW •
Wildlife Trust Of South & West Wales •
South Wales •
GBR •
Adult •
Nature •
United Kingdom •
Flora •
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Day •
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Spring •
Moonpenny •
Fauna •
Daisy •
Leucanthemum vulgare •
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Plants •
Apis mellifera •
Eristalis tenax •
HoverFly •
Fly •
Drone Fly •

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Photo replaced on June 28, 2019
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Daisy, Honey Bee Mimic

Daisy, Honey Bee Mimic
"Drone Fly" [a HoverFly] impersonating a Honey Bee collecting nectar from Ox-Eye Daisy at Parc Slip NNR, Bridgend.
Mimicry here is probably related to Preditor protection.
Various preditors have been seen to avoid Honey Bees as Prey species, probably due to an experience when young

Jocelyne Villoing, Nouchetdu38, Claudia G and 2 other people have particularly liked this photo

Comments
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Wonderful close-up.
18 months ago.
 The Chairman 8
The Chairman 8
Nice shot! It's actually a hoverfly, perhaps in this case mimicking the Honey Bee (I must admit, mostly I'm not sure what kind of bee or wasp they are trying to look like)! :-) The large eyes and the lack of noticeable antennae are the indicators!
18 months ago.
The Chairman 8
has added
I had to bring up an image of a Honey Bee, just to see, and yes, it does have a similarity! :-)
18 months ago.
 Barman58
Barman58 club
Must admit I had doubts myself, will need to get the books out and try to tie it down to a species type at least, The Honey bee is an awkward creature to classify as it it actually a Vegetarian Wasp! a quirk of evolution
18 months ago.
 Barman58
Barman58 club
Update

Details of image now corrected thanks to The Chairman8 www.ipernity.com/home/thechairman8 for mentioning my ID error
18 months ago.

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