Bald-faced Hornet. Not.

It’s like me, if I were to dress up like a Hells Angel but forget the sawn-off shotgun at home…

"Spilomyia sp. Wasp mimic Syrphid Hover fly"

A bald-faced liar… mimicking a wasp..

So what is the point of this subterfuge? Why would a fly want to imitate a Wasp? Read more on this cool dude in: I just want to bee … Mistaken for a wasp by wasps at the The Home Bug Garden…

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