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Insects of the day (2)

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  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Bumblebee (white tailed?) visiting Stachys 'Hummelo'


    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    @Sheps it's a micro bee. No idea of species.
  • ShepherdsBarnShepherdsBarn Posts: 401
    edited July 2022
    Please could somebody ID this UFO?! It is about an inch long and makes a very loud buzz - similar buzz to a hornet - not quite so loud and deep. The black mark is on the plastic tub.





  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    Maybe a Horse Fly, but not 100%
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It looks like https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/large-marsh-horsefly  but there are a couple of similar giant horseflies. They don't tend to bite humans but apparently it's not fun when they do :#

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    @Fire thanks for the help.
  • ShepherdsBarnShepherdsBarn Posts: 401
    Ah .. thanks @Sheps and @wild edges - that's helpful. Found in the polytunnel. ☹️ I will be wary in future. 🙂
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    edited July 2022
    A Buzzy Bee from the garden.

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  • CH1973CH1973 Posts: 73
    Good old verbena. I spotted a large white on mine this evening. Just coming out into flower now. Lavender  bed out the front of my house is covered in honey bees and last night a hummingbird hawk moth. Love the summer! 
  • CH1973CH1973 Posts: 73
    Looks like a Ivy bee. 
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