Walking through the woods a few weeks ago and this landed on my daughters back.
any idea what it is and does it bite and or sting ?
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Walking through the woods a few weeks ago and this landed on my daughters back.
any idea what it is and does it bite and or sting ?
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Bilbo_baggin (22nd April 2014)
looks like a Bee-Fly (Sparmopolius fulvus)
The bee fly is any insect of family Bombyliidae of order Diptera; long proboscises (feeding organs) make insect resemble bee; covered with dense metallic, brown, black, or yellow hair; smaller species are tropical, those larger than 0.4 in. (1 cm) live in temperate regions; adults feed on nectar ...http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-137223/Bee-fly
Bilbo_baggin (22nd April 2014), Teajunkie (22nd April 2014)
+1 Bee fly m8
Paul.
Pretty decent shot of it that as well. I've not managed to photograph a Beefly. Envious
Teajunkie (23rd April 2014)
Without a doubt it is a Wasps Nest.
We all make mistakes sometimes
Bilbo_baggin (22nd April 2014), coin-op (22nd April 2014), muttleymacclad (22nd April 2014), stevo25 (22nd April 2014), Teajunkie (23rd April 2014), WRATH OF BOD (23rd April 2014)
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