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large honeybee fly mimic on a small scraggly yellow-centered flower

August 13, 2019July 6, 2019

Common Errors (Flower Fly, Syrphidae)

wasp mimic Syrphid fly on a white-petaled wild flower.

July 18, 2019June 19, 2019

Lunch in Disguise (Wasp Mimic, Syrphidae)

hummingbird mimic moth half-hovering half-standing on purple flower while feeding

April 23, 2019December 4, 2018

Retaking Flight (Hummingbird Clearwing, Hemaris thysbe)

bee mimic hover fly on thin petaled flower with yellow center

April 11, 2019December 2, 2018

On a Whim (Hover Fly, Syrphidae)

beetle colored orange-red turning to black on elytra with two beige stripes

March 18, 2019November 30, 2018

Velvet Tracksuit (Checkered Beetle, Clerinae)

head on view of black ant-mimic beetle with brown mites with yellow pollen on its antennae

January 9, 2019November 25, 2018

Ant Cosplay (Ant-Mimicking Longhorn Beetle, Cerambycidae)

black and yellow hover fly with front legs crossed and held up at head

January 23, 2017January 24, 2017

Clean Start (Hover fly, Syrphidae)

brown and black bee mimicking hover fly on yellow center of one flower among many

December 7, 2016December 4, 2016

Costumes in the Soul (Hover Fly, Syrphidae)

syrphid fly with long slender abdomen on small white wild flower

November 30, 2015November 29, 2015

You’re Not Fooling Anyone (Hover Fly, Syrphidae)

wasp mimic syrphid fly

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015

Who’s Fooling Whom? (Syrphid fly)

ant mimic jumping spider

February 28, 2015February 28, 2015

Mimicry in Motion (Ant-mimicking jumping spider)

black jumping spider with white abdominal stripes and yellow legs

February 24, 2015February 23, 2015

Backside Beauty (Jumping spiders)

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