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Places to Visit and Explore Nature in Stanley Park Ecosystem Guides: Woodland Stanley Park Visitor Map: with Park Features, Trails, and Destinations Lost Lagoon

Syrphid The adults of many flower visiting insects, bumblebees, flies, and butterflies are ready to take advantage of the first warm days of Spring and food provided by early-blooming flowers. Willows or pussywillows, like this one, provide nectar and pollen are amongst the first of Stanley Park's plants to bloom in Spring. The distinctive paddle-shaped antennae on the front of the head identify this insect as a True Fly in the order Diptera. The body colour and pattern are a clever 'trick'. This insect is a honey bee mimic. She looks dangerous but being a fly and not a bee; she cannot sting. Related Topics: March Wildflowers - links to be added - Flower Visitors Pollination Ecology       Field Guide Entry: ----  Link to be added

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