Hey /an/, what kind of wasp is this?
Its only about the length of a fingernail, maybe a little smaller, and it hovers really well and darts around quickly.
>>2139158
Not a wasp, it's a hoverfly
>>2139160
Thanks, i just looked it up. Those markings really had my ignorant ass fooled.
Man nature is so fuckin cool. It even moves its abdomen around like a stinger.
>>2139162
Well, its mimicry was effective after all.
>>2139164
Maybe it's trying to mate or lay eggs on your toe.
>>2139165
Do you think its just a series of random mutations that allowed the ones who looked more like wasps to live and reproduce? Or was there some kind of "plan"?
>>2139167
I do have a good lookin foot, too bad my sandal modeling career never took off
>>2139169
I doubt a bunch of flies congregated one day and decided to copy the color patterns of wasps, so I'll go with the mutations hypothesis
>>2139173
Thats what the quotation marks were for, i meant plan as in the insects biology selected the wasp somehow for its ability to ward off predators. Even the behavior is pretty similar to wasps, from the way the wings are held out to the tail wagging and acting like its got a stinger.
>>2139176
That would take a long discussion. Let's say that hoverflies mimic wasps well enough to fool predators. During the course of evolution the flies that did not mimic efficiently enough were selected against.
