mare2009

I don't know what these 3 bugs are. They were all eating off a blueberry I put out for the birds. Evidently they picked it up and put it on my picnic table to have lunch. ( not really, but I didn't put it there lol )
They look like a bee/fly/mouth bug. I looked it up and can not find anything like it. Any ideas ? thanks everyone..

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Lucy

They're having a picnic. lol
They look like some sort of wasp to me.

Shawnie

wasp/hornet/bee combo LOL .....im so not a bug fan....I hope someone can tell you as they give me the eebbbie jeebies just looking at the pics haha

Martinismommy

I'd hate to find out by being stung by one! lol

Beth1965

No idea but they are attractive.

Butterfly

Their kind of pretty, could they be a beneficial wasp of some kind ?
Carol

Amanda

They're pretty as far as bugs go.

Butterfly

Mare may I share your picture with a friend ?
carol

Shawnie

there are wasps that are beneficial? how so?

Butterfly

Yep they don't sting, they pollinate plants and eat aphids, caterpilers and other insects
Carol

Shawnie

wow never knew that...I thought all wasps were ouchies!

mare2009

..YESSS..please do! And if you figure out what kind of insect it is let me know ok? I really think they were beautiful. They are about the size of small fly. really all 3 looked like a blotch of 'something' on my table. When I got in for my 3rd shot, on macro mode they scurried past me and I thought for sure one flew in my hair lol.. ( no I didn't let out a scream ) When they flew they had a moth like fan tail. Very cobolt blue in the wings. BIG orange/rust eyes with a white line seperating the "eye-balls'. Very alien looking! thanks Carol, hope your friend can figure it out

Butterfly

Best we can figure out they are hover flies
http://www.cirrusimage.com/Flies_syrphidae.htm

mare2009

hmmm...pretty darn close. I did look at some wild looking fruit fly on google images, though these were a tad larger, they had the brilliant patterns that the exotic fruit fly can display. I guess because of the varieties, they can be very different but same species? thanks for checking it out Carol

Butterfly

Welcome It was fun
carol

Tony G.

lol aliens.. we are being watched... FIRST HUMAN CONTACT.... AAAAAHHHh

mare2009

but 'THEY' won't be so obvious .....

jrod

they look like nicely dressed flies having diner.

mare2009

Heather M

I'd say it's some kind of fly. It is not a wasp. Wasps aren't furry. Very few wasps are efficient polinators. They are good for pest control, however. They capture spiders and caterpillars to feed to their larvae. Although in my opinion, it's like trading one pest for another. I love honeybees though. A good deal of our food crops depend on them. I'm a beekeeper.