Ficedula
velico ergo sum
any chance guys?
Santurtzi Spain.
Volucella probably zonaria but need to see more details
any chance guys?
Santurtzi Spain.
i agree
Would Hornet Hoverfly occur in Devon (UK)? I ask as earlier this afternoon I spotted a 'Hornet' at rest on the border edging but on second glance it was actually a hoverfly and it took off before I even thought of going for the camera.
I saw a Hornet Hoverfly in Nottingham on August the 11th. Unfortunately it also flew away before I could take any picture but what I saw with my bare eye was extremely similar to a Hornet Hoverfly I saw in Spain and which I could photograph. Have to look for that picture and show it to you so that you can say if it was similar to what you saw and somebody mighthelp you to ID it.
Keep an eye on here because I will post my picture today sometime. I need a bit of time to find it and prepare it to upload it :t:
Thanks for that, I look forward to the picture.
Here is the picture!! I think it is Volucella zonaria but I have no idea if there is a similar species in Spain. But I saw something in Nottingham that looked like this, so I assume that the one in Nottingham at least is V. zonaria. I don't think it can be confused with something else in England.
And the map with the British range of it:
http://www.hoverfly.org.uk/portal.php?id=11526&scol=HFF0000&bkgrd=1&ecol=H0000FF&page=4
That looks spot on but the colours seemed crisper if that makes sense which might be down to the light conditions. This makes a good case for always having at least a small compact camera in my pocket whenever I am in the garden!
Thanks,
Andrew.
Thanks once more, Ficedula!! :t:
But can you clarify my 3rd picture? I don't know if it is a Syrphus or something else.
probably Syrphus but you really need to collect these to have complete confidence.
this must be Eristalis horticola (De Geer, 1776), a sufficiently well marked male to be confident.
Helophilus pendulus correct
Syrphus sp
Thanks a lot!! This was a nice surprise!! :t:
And now one that I haven't the foggiest idea. Very small, taken in the same location in the Midlands but feeding by some brambles. At some point it just sat like that and didn't care how much I approached.
I saw something reasonably similar in the same place that I think is Pipizella virens with an enterely different hairy thorax and much darker. But I still have to process all those pictures. I am going to try to post them next in order to compare and confirm ID.