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The Xerces Society

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Science-based invertebrate conservation nonprofit. Protecting the life that sustains us, since 1971. Support our work at xerces.org/give.

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Would you dress up as a bumble bee for Halloween? Several invertebrates have evolved to mimic bumble bees. Here's an original bumble bee & some copycats — the snowberry clearwing moth, bee beetle & bee fly. None of these mimics are even bees at all! Who “wore” it better?

Would you dress up as a bumble bee for Halloween? Several invertebrates have evolved to mimic bumble bees. Here's an original bumble bee & some copycats — the snowberry clearwing moth, bee beetle & bee fly. None of these mimics are even bees at all! 

Who “wore” it better?