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Post by NellyDee on Aug 20, 2018 14:46:43 GMT
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Post by Tringa on Aug 20, 2018 15:04:26 GMT
I can't get an idea for the first one but the second looks like a female Eristalis tenax, but that is a guess; I don't even qualify as a novice when it comes to identifying insects.
Dave
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Post by aeshna5 on Aug 20, 2018 16:26:56 GMT
I can't get an idea for the first one but the second looks like a female Eristalis tenax, but that is a guess; I don't even qualify as a novice when it comes to identifying insects. Dave Pretty good guess as I'm sure you're right. The hoverfly above is an easy one once you know it. It's Episyrphus balteatus, often called a Marmalade Fly-the double dark bands are diagnostic. It can vary in colour intensity + can be quite dark in cool temperatures. Also a known migrant so in some years can be very abundant, but seems a while since we had a bumper year. |
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Post by Tringa on Aug 21, 2018 6:55:29 GMT
Thanks for confirming my ID, Aeshna. I should have know the other one as, a good few years ago, someone on the old WAB site confirmed my tentative ID of a marmalade hovefly.
Dave
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Post by NellyDee on Aug 21, 2018 8:46:03 GMT
Thanks both. Grateful for the ID. I do find it fascinating that small insects can migrate. Remember seeing a programme on migration, that insects including spiders went up to high altitude to be swept by the wind and come down to lower level when they get to where they want to be.
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For ID by Helen Skelton, on Flickr
for ID 2 by Helen Skelton, on Flickr
