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Drone Fly: Good Pollinator

Yarrow, yarrow, yarrow.Drone fly, drone fly, drone fly.This little insect is often mistaken for a honey bee. In the adult stage, both the drone fly and honey bee nectar flowers. However, the drone fly is a syrphid fly (family Syrphidae, subfamily Eristalinae, tribe Eristalini, genus, Eristalis)....

Drone Fly

DRONE FLY (Eristalis tenax) crawls on yarrow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Side View

SIDE VIEW of a drone fly, Eristalis tenax. The insect is often mistaken for a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yellow Pollen

LIKE A HONEY BEE, the drone fly (Eristalis tenax) pollinates flowers. Check out the yarrow pollen clinging to its abdomen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 9:09 AM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

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Posts Tagged: yarrow

Drone Fly: Good Pollinator

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