Re: Purple sedum with strange beetles.

How wonderful to learn this information from another gardener, but across the globe, from Hungary!

Thanks Janos.

Isabelle Hayes

On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 11:19:14 +0200, Agoston Janos 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. It is because
>they can trick birds and humans too. The birds know well, that bees can pierce
>animals and humans if they feel they are in danger.
>
>After an affaire both people and animals memorizes the colours and sounds of
>bees, so next tme they can avoid piercing...
>
>But burds like to eat butterflies, which cannot pierce. So some of them are
>started to copy the looking and sound of bees to avoid being the dinner of a
>bird.
>
>
>Bye,
>Janos,
>Hungary, Z5
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Don Martinson
>  To: perennials-hort.net
>  Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 6:40 AM
>  Subject: Purple sedum with strange beetles.
>
>
>  Here's a link to a photo I took of a pollen-laden bumblebee on one of my
>  purple sedums.  But what kind of beetles are those next to it?  I don't
>  recall having seen any like that before.
>
>  http://home.wi.rr.com/llmen/bee1.jpg
>
>
>  Don Martinson
>  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
>  l*@wi.rr.com
>
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