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Insects
pastyann

Bee

18 years ago

This guy is a little un-nerving.

I am not in the least afriad of bees. Spiders I enjoy watching as well .

But this guy is e-e-erie

It is HUGE!!! FAT really, NO FUZZ?? nearly all shiny black....one yellow dot( which might be fuzzy ) between it's eyes(I am assuming it has an eye on each side of the dot, but can not get THAT close) .

It hovers like a helicopter and rotates to LOOK at me

( while hovering ) I feel like it is SIZING me up. If I take a step closer it will BUZZ away and retun in an instant to hover and watch me some more. It has not behaved with aggression at all but then I am not threatening it.

WHAT is it? I am so intrigued.

Anyone seen one?

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