According to insect experts at the two organisations, nature can be canny: what you think is a hornet may be a hoverfly ...

Their bodies are also yellow with a dark pattern. The similar colouration and pattern shared by a number of social wasps is a form of Müllerian mimicry. This is where well-defended species have ...

You’ll have to wait until this bee-fly is resting to see the lovely little dots on its wings. Two more UK species, also in the genus Bombylius, share the same fat and fluffy resemblance to bumblebees, ...

In 2019, the hornet now known as the northern giant hornet was found in Washington State, and there have been efforts to eradicate the species entirely since then.

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...

"This species happens to prefer honey bees," experts from the University of Florida's extension service said of yellow-legged hornets. The two invasive hornet species pose a number of problems for ...

Hornet species is an ‘aggressive predator,’ scientists say. The southern giant hornet is one of the largest hornets, the researchers noted in the paper.

The study found 90 species of hoverflies. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. ... The hoverfly, known as a 'bee mimic,' is a key factor in Alberta's agricultural industry.