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Bug ID? I think it's a hornet
Rhod Crompton
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Rhod Crompton
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Rhod Crompton
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I thought it was a hornet, but further investigation seems to suggest it is a giant hoverfly! Volucella zonaria it's a hornet mimic
It's a beauty Rhod!
Lovely how some of them are big and some are so tiny. A little one came and sat on my arm the other day when I was having a seat and a drink. Think he was feeling the heat too
Last year I had a wood wasp in the garden. They're astonishing - very noisy, clattery wings! I've noticed a lot more wasps this year - very busy around all the plants, and spending a lot of time drinking at the little birdbath.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I agree fairygirl, loads of wasps or jaspers as there known 'round 'ere! They have taken over the fennel from the hoverflies, I must help somehow.....
You must help Bamboogie, plant more fennel
In the sticks near Peterborough
Where are you Bamboogie? - I lived most of my life in Suffolk - we had Jaspers there
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Jaspers in Cambs as well. I wonder where the word comes from.
We had a stripey cat called Jasper
In the sticks near Peterborough
From Kernow but now settled in south devon. There's a swarm of emmits 'round 'ere too at the moment!
Think they're called jaspers after the mineral, which can be striped
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The mineral was new to me Dove. Missed that one
In the sticks near Peterborough
Emmits = ants
But it's also what West Country types call the holidaymakers as they swarm all over the place
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.