What kind of bee is this?

[Henor08]

Hello everyone,

As I observed my bees today I noticed this big size bee and was wondering is it a honey bee?

 

[thenovice]

not a bee but hoverfly

 

[BrianO]

Ditto

Clever little guys, mimic bee and wasp markings to avoid predators

 

[Henor08]

Thanks i just never seen them until I got my first bee hive and now I notice everything that flyers around

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[kazmcc]

I think it might be one of the Myathropa sp. But don't hold me to that, I'm new to hovers.

 

[kazmcc]

B+ any ideas? Looks like my Myathropa florea one but without the thoracic markings.

 

[Millet]

It look's like a drone fly to me.. can you see it only has one pair of wing's..

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=d...MH5xwIVpzTbCh2yyQjd&biw=1331&bih=678&dpr=1.25

 

[kazmcc]

I wondered if it was Eristalis sp. This is my E pertinax, but the abdomen markings don't look quite right for E pertinax. I'm just starting with hovers. I love where honey bees have taken me Be really interested to find out exactly what it is, but I think you are on the right track with Eristalis sp.

 

[steph333]

Hi

Sorry to add into your thread but been trying for weeks to work out how to start my own thread about this seen in garden. Any ideas folks?

 

[kazmcc]

Hi

Sorry to add into your thread but been trying for weeks to work out how to start my own thread about this seen in garden. Any ideas folks?

Do any of you use facebook at all? There are a couple of groups on there that are brilliant! The clever people on there will be able to identify these pictures immediately. I've spent most of the year on there and I have learned so much about wild bees and wasps, as well as other insects. If you don't use it I could get an identification for you if you like

 

[steph333]

Hi kazmcc

That would be very good of you I have tried G Images but that's about as far as my net interaction goes lol.

Stephen

 

[johnfly]

larch fly. saw fly

 

[kazmcc]

Hi kazmcc

That would be very good of you I have tried G Images but that's about as far as my net interaction goes lol.

Stephen

I'm on it Can I ask where it was taken, and the date? Rough date if you can't give an exact date.

 

[steph333]

Hi

South West Scotland on the 28th August. Beasty wasn't very active but disappeared later in the day.

Thanks

 

[kazmcc]

larch fly. saw fly

There you go! See how quick I was? LOL

Actually, I should have known that. I dipped into sawflies briefly this summer and lots of wood wasps were pictured in the group.

 

[kazmcc]

Apologies johnfly, my connection is iffy, so I'm not seeing posts until I refresh.

 

[steph333]

Thanks everyone if you think it may a bee or wasp search for a fly and you will probably find what you are looking for .A Greater Horntail (Urocerus gigas) according to G Images (or something similar)

Thanks

 

[steph333]

Added sighting to NatureSpot map as not a lot of sightings in Scotland

 

[Millet]

Hi

Sorry to add into your thread but been trying for weeks to work out how to start my own thread about this seen in garden. Any ideas folks?

Wood wasp quite common and harmless..

 

[Softley]

Hi

Sorry to add into your thread but been trying for weeks to work out how to start my own thread about this seen in garden. Any ideas folks?

It's a solitary wasp of some sort (I'm guessing).

You could post your picture on one of the BWARS groups or try the iSpot website.