Bug ID #36453
 

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[Closed] Bug ID #36453

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Ok. Anyone got an idea what this is? Another hoverfly? It was about the same size as a bumblebee.

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Posted : 23/07/2017 10:23 am
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yep hoverfly


 
Posted : 23/07/2017 10:26 am
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Sumerian deathwasp

(or a NSA/CIA spybot modelled on one)


 
Posted : 23/07/2017 10:28 am
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I thought hoverfly, but never seen that one that big. Needed to get something in shot for scale.


 
Posted : 23/07/2017 10:28 am
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possibly http://syrphidae.3644.co.uk/srph/pic17/vo/23751f.html


 
Posted : 23/07/2017 10:49 am
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baby robin


 
Posted : 23/07/2017 2:58 pm
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Hover flies vary quite a lot in size, the bigger ones do look more like bees.


 
Posted : 23/07/2017 3:00 pm
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Oddly, never seen one before and seen 2 today. The fact they were 10 miles apart gives me hope they were not the same one.


 
Posted : 23/07/2017 5:13 pm
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Maybe you're bugged?

(or buggered)

Watch out, and avoid teleportation.


 
Posted : 23/07/2017 5:15 pm
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Looks a lot like a [url= http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/volucella-zonaria ]Hornet mimicking hoverfly[/url] to me. More common in the south of the UK (so I'll assume that's where you're based!). Always amazed at how meaty some hover flies can be!


 
Posted : 23/07/2017 5:23 pm
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It's Dave.


 
Posted : 23/07/2017 5:24 pm
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Always amazed at how meaty some hover flies can be!

While they drink only nectar adults, check out what their larvae eat....


 
Posted : 23/07/2017 5:35 pm

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