If one types in: Merodon distribution-- an all black narcisisus fly is pictured using Dogpile or Google ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nhu Nguyen" <xerantheum@gmail.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Bee or not Bee > Hi David, > > What you're seeing is probably a carpenter bee, a relative of bumblebees. > > Nhu > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:12 AM, David Ehrlich > <idavide@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > >> Dear members >> >> I have, in past years, had an interesting insect hover about my plants, >> including my dwarf Meyer Lemon. The insect looks like a rotund shiny, >> solid-black bumblebee. It never seems to land; it just hovers about the >> flowers. I live on the San Francisco Peninsula. Does anyoine have an >> idea >> of what this insect is? >> >> -- > http://www.flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/