Drone Fly
Eristalis Tenax
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!
Reigate and Banstead, England, United Kingdom
Spotted on May 13, 2011
Submitted on May 13, 2011
3 Comments
How cool, I've never seen a hoverfly do that... amazing how much they look like bees!
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
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!