Fly, Bee and Wasp Basic Descriptions

This is just a random article about some details on flies (house fly, blow fly, drone fly), bees (bumble bee, honey bee) and wasps (common wasp, german wasp).

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House Fly (Musca domestica)/Blow Fly (Calliphoridae)

 * Appearance (House Fly) - Short, small and black
 * Appearance (Blow Fly) - Short, fat and black
 * Nature - Non-aggressive, but rather irritating towards people
 * Buzzing (House Fly) - High buzzing
 * Buzzing (Blow Fly) - Pitch varies with each blow fly, usually slightly deeper than house fly, and rather noisy

Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax)

 * Appearance - Short and stocky, with amber and black abdomen
 * Nature - Non-aggressive, usually found drinking nectar from flowers. Often mistaken for honey bees or common/german wasps, because of their colour and frequent visits to flowers
 * Buzzing - High and rather noisy (very similar to a blow fly but slightly higher)

Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

 * Appearance - Longish, amber with dark stripes, pollen sacks
 * Stingers (Workers) - Barbed sting, can sting other insects repeatedly, but will usually lose stingers after stinging people due to thickness of human's skin
 * Stingers (Queen) - Smooth sting, can sting other insects and animals (including humans) repeatedly
 * Nature - More aggressive than bumblebees but still mostly non-aggressive
 * Buzzing - High buzzing (more soft than the buzz of a fly)

German Wasp (Vespula germanica)/Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

 * Appearance (German Wasp) - Longish, yellow abdomen with black stripes with separate black dots. Usually has three black spots on face
 * Appearance (Common Wasp) - Longish, yellow abdomen with black stripes with black dots that connect with stripes. Usually has a vertical black stripe in centre of face. Common wasps are usually smaller than German wasps according to history
 * Stingers - Straight sting with small barbs, is usually capable of stinging other insects and animals repeatedly. Queen wasps are reported to have more painful stings than the workers
 * Nature - Aggressive (common wasps are usually more aggressive)
 * Buzzing - Deep buzzing (calmer and higher than the buzz of a bumble bee)

Large Garden Bumble Bee (Bombus ruderatus)

 * Appearance - Fat and hairy, gold with black stripes, cream on back of abdomen
 * Stingers - Smooth sting, is capable of stinging other insects and animals repeatedly
 * Nature - Gentle, less aggressive than wasps or honey bees, will usually only sting if in serious danger
 * Buzzing - Deep buzzing (louder and deeper than the buzz of a wasp)

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