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Title: Can anyone tell me what this is?
Post by: bluebedouin on July 13, 2008, 21:40:27

Hi Peeps,not been on for a while but I'm stumped with this fly.It was walking up our kitchen window this evening,it's about 20mm long.Although it looks a bit like a bee there's no sting.Ignore the date,it was taken today.Honest!
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j54/bluebedouin/fly.jpg)

Title: Re: Can anyone tell me what this is?
Post by: ninnyscrops on July 13, 2008, 21:48:55

Hazarding a guess here, but looks like a Drone-Fly - any stagnant water nearby?

Title: Re: Can anyone tell me what this is?
Post by: bluebedouin on July 13, 2008, 22:26:12

Quote from: ninnyscrops on July 13, 2008, 21:48:55
Hazarding a guess here, but looks like a Drone-Fly - any stagnant water nearby?

Thanks for the reply,ninnyscrops.I've actually found it now in a similar question on another forum.It's a Volucella Pellucens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volucella_pellucens) a species of hover fly. :)

Title: Re: Can anyone tell me what this is?
Post by: ninnyscrops on July 13, 2008, 22:47:38

Glad you found it bluebedouin - not a hostile then ;D

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