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30-07-2006, 11:38 AM
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I keep seeing a bee sized insect, it seems black with red wings. I haven't seen it other than in flight, so I cant get a good look at it or take a photo. I am in the south of england. Any ideas? I cant find it in any of my books or online. It could be a beetle for all i know. Help! I am going crazy i must know what its called, can any one help?
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30-07-2006, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Alliepan I keep seeing a bee sized insect, it seems black with red wings. I haven't seen it other than in flight, so I cant get a good look at it or take a photo. I am in the south of england. Any ideas? I cant find it in any of my books or online. It could be a beetle for all i know. Help! I am going crazy i must know what its called, can any one help?
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Hi Alliepan and a very warm welcome to WAB! 
Does it fly like a bee, with wings beating so fast that you can't see them? Or more like a moth or butterfly, with much slower beating wings (and bigger)? |
30-07-2006, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Alliepan I keep seeing a bee sized insect, it seems black with red wings. I haven't seen it other than in flight, so I cant get a good look at it or take a photo. I am in the south of england. Any ideas? I cant find it in any of my books or online. It could be a beetle for all i know. Help! I am going crazy i must know what its called, can any one help?
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soun ds like it might be a burnet moth perhaps they do look a bit like a bee in flight |
30-07-2006, 03:14 PM
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Thank you for getting back to me. Sorry to be rubbish but its somewhere in between the two. Slower than a bee, but faster than a butterfly. The red is the same colour as a ladybird, its quite vivid. |
30-07-2006, 03:18 PM
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Thank you for your response. Have had a look at the moth at a site online, its not that - its a bit smaller but the colours are right. Also the wings are smaller. Getting closer... |
30-07-2006, 09:27 PM
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30-07-2006, 10:19 PM
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30-07-2006, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton soun ds like it might be a burnet moth perhaps they do look a bit like a bee in flight | I agree sounds very much like a Burnet Moth to me look at this one 
or maybe a cinnabar moth  |
31-07-2006, 12:01 PM
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My partner and I (who have both seen it now) are going to say it is not a moth, looking more like a bee with a Black body, with red wings. Though the cinnabar moth looks very pretty, and I would now like to see one. It does not have a moths or butterflys wings.
The hunt continues... can you get a red bee? |
31-07-2006, 01:23 PM
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