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If you zoom in there are so many tiny pollinators

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[–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Very pretty. This could be the first time I've seen this.

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    • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (10 children)

    Do you know the insect it is playing host to?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    They're (I think) some member of Syrphidae but I do not know specifically.

    eta: "I think" because @JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social introduced me to a new word

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    I'm thinking a type of chalcidoid wasp, but let's see what OP says.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    That's possible, but a quick look through the members of that family in our area suggests that they're larger than the individuals pictured here. Each of the flowers in the picture is about the size of the head of a pin. Either way thank you for introducing me to a new term

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    No probs; in fact there's a landslide of small wasps out there. I first got a taste of that when reading various insect ID books. It seems like we hoomans tend to think of wasps as being roughly yellowjacket-sized typically, but there are so many teeny-tinies here, there and everywhere...

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I hear you, I try to get pictures of every critter my nearsighted self can see. I've gotten good close-ups of a few Ichneumonid wasps and I think two or three different cuckoo wasps (Chrysididae), but our state is awash in hoverfly species too. I did try to get a good close up of them but the resolution blew out to the point that iNaturalist didn't see anything. We're LLYLCK on iNat if you're curious to see who we've been able to spot

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Hmm, I don't think I can look you up directly on the Android app?

    I did see something about finding an animal ID a person had previously submitted, then using that to follow them. Not sure, since I barely used the app previously. (yes, I suck)

    So do you have a species or two you've previously submitted? Probably the more rare the better.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I'm up to 215 observations and 136 identified species 😁

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Excellent!

    But I do need something specific of yours to search on, assuming you were still looking for a follower. (sorry, guess I didn't explain that well, above)

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