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Because no one wants to mess with a wasp, therefore by looking like a wasp, it can frighten off potential predators.
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Do some flies look like bees?
What you saw is the Eristalis Tenax also known as the Drone Fly or Hover Fly.
Are there different kinds of wasps and if so what do they look like?
there are 53 types of wasps.
What weighs more a fly or an ant?
Ants and flies are both insects, but that is about as much as they are like each other. Ants are descended from certain kinds of wasps and if you carefully compare the build of an ant and a wasp, you can see that they are very much alike; in fact some kinds of ants, especially the flying ants, look very much like wasps, and some kinds of wasps look very much like ants. Many ants, like many wasps, have stings, and most wasps, like most ants, can bite. Flies do however differ from wasps, just as humans differ from horses, though both of us are mammals. Flies don't have stings, and they cannot bite, though some kinds, like horse flies and mosquitoes, have piercing mouthparts that they can stick through your skin to suck blood. Ants cannot do that, because their mouthparts are cutting or crushing jaws like pincers. Flying ants each have four wings like most wasps and most other flying insects, and in a way, so do flies, but the flies are in the order Diptera (which means "two-winged ones"). In fact, flying flies do have four wings, not two, but their hind wings have shrunk into little clubs we call "halteres". When they fly, flies swing their halteres like tiny gyroscopes. They use those "gyroscopes" to keep their balance, and use their front wings for flying, much as we use our hind legs for walking and our front legs (which we call "arms") for balance (among other things). So you could say that the difference between a horse and a human is much like the difference between a flying ant (or other type of wasp) and a fly.
What do sweet bees look like?
THey look very small and they love to hover around you when out in the sun and they are yellow and black.
What is the habitat for wasps?
In high places that aren't disturbed. e.g trees, in the corner of houses etc...
What flying insect looks like a mosquito but has a long stinger in southern Georgia?
They Are "Crane Flies" creepy, but harmless
What is the system of classification for plants and animals called?
Species are traditionally given a two part Latin name, this is consistent with Linnaean taxonomy. Organisms are allocated to Genera, Families, Orders, Classes, Plyla and Kingdoms.Linnaean taxonomy relies heavily on morphology to associate and classify organisms - i.e. if it looks like a wasp and it flies like a wasp and it sounds like a wasp then... oh actually sometimes it's a hover fly.The system was developed before biologists found evidence for convergent evolution - hover flies evolving to look like wasps is an example of Batesian mimicry.Extra CreditThis works fine for complex plants and animals, but isn't so effective when classifying micro-organisms, phylogenetics which classifies organisms by their relatedness is probably more useful - the concept of a species tends to breakdown when considering bacteria.
What kills wasps?
Wasps are really amazimg animals. They have a really nice lifestyle. Some people look at wasps and say ewww! That's not all that they are, they are amazing and worth researching about. I am doing a project on wasps... Maybe you should try it!!!:):) Created By: Dajasia Brown Edgecomb Elementry/middle
What do the littluns look like from lord of the flies?
They look like little kids.
Do bees look like wasps?
Bees and wasps do have a similar appearance. Bees are rounder, wasps are leaner. Wasps are covered in a smooth almost shiny exoskeleton. Bees on the other hand are covered in a layer of fuzz, this has to do with the feeding mechanism as wasps are predominantly carnivorous while bees feed on nectar.
What does a flies field of vision look like?
Your but
What does a spider look like?
flies blood
