telling the difference between bees and...
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Telling the
difference between
bees and hoverflies
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Bee or hoverfly ?
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Bee or Hoverfly ?
Photo credit- Julie Kendall
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Bee or hoverfly ?
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Bee or hoverfly ?
Photo credit – Donna Rainey
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Bee or hoverfly ?
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Bee or hoverfly ?
Photo credit – Mark Smyth
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Bee or hoverfly?
Photo credit – Donna Rainey
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Hoverflies
Big eyes on top Short Antenna
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Bees
Long eyes at side Very long antennae
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Test your new skills
Hoverflysunglasses eyes
Bee headphones eyes
Make sunglasses eyes with your handsMake short antenna with your fingers
Make headphones eyes with your handsMake long antenna with your arms
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Practice and a Quiz
Practice your skills by taking a fresh look
at the pollinator pictures
Try out the written quiz to perfect your
ID abilities
Test each other with your eyes/antennae
actions
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Antenna – Best method for
Surveys
• The most useful method in the field
• Easy to spot
• Hard to get wrong
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Advanced ID
Female hoverfly eyes• Separated by frons
• Can extend down side of head
Exception
Chrysotoxum cautumThis hoverfly has long antennae but is a rare
species
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Wasps
Wasps also have long antennae so can be confused
with bees
Look for
• Pinched in waist (waspish waist)
• Few hairs
• Lack of pollen baskets
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Partnership