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I think I have seen this before but not sure what it is.
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At lunch today, I explored this little dried up pond and the dried up creek that would feed it... Spent LOTS of time by a Baccharis to watch pollinators too. Great fun. :)
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At lunch today, I explored this little dried up pond and the dried up creek that would feed it... Spent LOTS of time by a Baccharis to watch pollinators too. Great fun. :)
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At lunch today, I explored this little dried up pond and the dried up creek that would feed it... Spent LOTS of time by a Baccharis to watch pollinators too. Great fun. :)
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Split Oak Forest Wildlife and Environmental Area, Orange and Osceola Counties, FL, July 2016.
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This thing looked a lot like a mosquito but larger. It was the strangest bug I have ever seen. It is a pollen feeder and flies in hopping motion when looking for a specific flower. It is a very erratic and choppy motion. The insect was pretty large and looked almost like a bee at first but as I studied it closer I could tell it was odd more to note odder then a bee. This thing I think was using mimicry to deceive potential predators. A true fact scary looks and warning colors are used by more prey then predators in the bug world. This thing struck me as just strange. I don't think I recall seeing one of these things in my life. This was the oddest spotting of the day for m by far.
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This thing looked a lot like a mosquito but larger. It was the strangest bug I have ever seen. It is a pollen feeder and flies in hopping motion when looking for a specific flower. It is a very erratic and choppy motion. The insect was pretty large and looked almost like a bee at first but as I studied it closer I could tell it was odd more to note odder then a bee. This thing I think was using mimicry to deceive potential predators. A true fact scary looks and warning colors are used by more prey then predators in the bug world. This thing struck me as just strange. I don't think I recall seeing one of these things in my life. This was the oddest spotting of the day for m by far.
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This thing looked a lot like a mosquito but larger. It was the strangest bug I have ever seen. It is a pollen feeder and flies in hopping motion when looking for a specific flower. It is a very erratic and choppy motion. The insect was pretty large and looked almost like a bee at first but as I studied it closer I could tell it was odd more to note odder then a bee. This thing I think was using mimicry to deceive potential predators. A true fact scary looks and warning colors are used by more prey then predators in the bug world. This thing struck me as just strange. I don't think I recall seeing one of these things in my life. This was the oddest spotting of the day for m by far.
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A large mosquito like insect
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A large mosquito like insect
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Visiting goldenrod (Solidago sp.). Uplaoding a series of local pollinators for Texas Pollinator BioBlitz.
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Elizabeth and I walked a little bit around the Fort Worth Botanic Garden after work today.
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Elizabeth and I walked a little bit around the Fort Worth Botanic Garden after work today.
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