My my who could this bee ? 🫨
Is it a bee? It kind of looks like a hover fly to me lol
I don’t remember to be honest. This is a Tromboncino flower, which is fairly large. Based on the size of the insect and the size of the flower, I think the insect is too large to be a hover fly. I am no expert though.
As this is a place for enthusiasts of adorablility, not entomology, hover flies are allowed.
Thank goodness. I just grabbed this off Wikipedia and I have no hope with some of these:
Those are some cuties! The ones in the upper middle are especially honey bee-like. One sure fire way to ID is that only bees wear pollen pants (but not all bees are always wearing pollen pants).
One sure fire way to ID is that only bees wear pollen pants
Great!
(but not all bees are always wearing pollen pants)
Doh!
As I catch up on bee photos it will be interesting if someone identifies a well disguised hover fly.