Photo Gallery - Insects that look like stinging insects but don't sting!

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Scaeva-pyastri-Hover-Fly * This is a hover fly and not a wasp! It only has one set of wings and doesn't have a waist either. Sitting on an iris in my garden pond * 1168 x 848 * (278KB)

Scaeva-pyastri-Hover-Fly-2 * Hoverfly looking dangerous but actually doesn't sting. * 799 x 726 * (168KB)

Aeshna-Juncea-Common-Hawker-Dragonfly * Couldn't resist this full face on view of a Common Hawker Dragonfly from my pond. I just love those lips and the colour lipstick! It is a female as it happens too. * 1067 x 875 * (244KB)

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Before I got interested in stinging insects there were lots of things that I thought could sting you but in fact don't. This section is devoted to those insects!

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