Milesia Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/milesia Singapore Biodiversity, List of Wild Animals, Insect, Nature Article that has been recorded in Singapore. Sat, 04 Jan 2025 03:33:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 135464637 Milesia fuscicosta  https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/insect/milesia-sp?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=milesia-sp https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/insect/milesia-sp#respond Fri, 05 Mar 2021 23:37:00 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=4196 Latreille, 1804. Milesia is a genus of very large hoverflies, which mimic social wasps. For example, the European species Milesia crabroniformis is a convincing mimic of the hornet species Vespa crabro Wikipedia Thanks  Bastiaan Wakkie https://www.syrphidae.com for the ID Spotted at Windsor Nature Park

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]]> Latreille, 1804. Milesia is a genus of very large hoverflies, which mimic social wasps. For example, the European species Milesia crabroniformis is a convincing mimic of the hornet species Vespa crabro Wikipedia

Thanks  Bastiaan Wakkie https://www.syrphidae.com for the ID

Spotted at Windsor Nature Park

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