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anyone know what this is?
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anyone know what this is? -
A bee on a buddleja flower. -
Don't think it's a Bee, Rusty - not fuzzy and has the head of a Fly.
Don't gurgle it - you'll be there forever. In short it's probably one of a million types of Hoverfly.
Last edited by Glutton4...; 09-09-2013, 06:25 PM.
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Yeh...I started gooooogling it and gave up!
Some sort of fly !
"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
Location....Normandy FranceComment
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Pellucid or pied hoverfly BugBlog: A Pellucid HoverflyLocation - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
Endless wonder.Comment
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Well done MH!!! well spotted! ...pretty isn't it?
"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
Location....Normandy FranceComment
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I think it looks like this one:-
Hoverfly-Volucella pellucens
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Ho...w=1120&bih=659Location....East Midlands.Comment
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I've had a few in the garden, so I'd already looked it up once. I don't like its big bug eyes - give me a bee any day
Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
Endless wonder.Comment
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It's a hoverfly (only one set of wings: bees have two)
They're good guys, on the wholeAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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We watched a hoverfly the other day, hunting other hoverflies! Was a bit like a natural world programme in our back garden. I was shouting "fly away quick"! But he eventually got one and flew off with his victim/dinner
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