Re: Purple sedum with strange beetles.

On 9/3/06 4:19 AM, "Agoston Janos" <agoston.janos@citromail.hu> wrote:

> Dear Martin,
> 
> It is not a bee. It is a kind of butterfly.
> This butterfly is just acting like a bee, it is called mimicry.

Dear Janos,

I am curious.  I know that there are a number of flies (Diptera) that are
bee mimics, but the only Lepidopteran bee mimic I was aware of is one of the
Sphynx moths, Hemaris diffinis.  I tried to locate of picture of the
specimen in question so that I could see the antennae better.  A
Lepidopteran should have a thicker or feathered antennae.

At best I would think we have a moth mimicing a bee, but not a butterfly.


Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@wi.rr.com

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