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09-08-2006, 10:32 AM
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| | | Another one for Gill!
Well, you did ask .... 
Definitely wasp-looking, this one ....  |
09-08-2006, 10:38 AM
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09-08-2006, 10:42 AM
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eeuurrgghhhhhh a potter or mason wasp perhaps? Don't suppose you have a better pic of the thorax area? |
09-08-2006, 10:43 AM
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Closest I get is a Spiny mason wasp – Odynerus spinipes? |
09-08-2006, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton eeuurrgghhhhhh a potter or mason wasp perhaps? Don't suppose you have a better pic of the thorax area? |
Hold on, I'll look ....
No, I have a few more shots, but he was continually on the move and I had to keep re-focussing and snapping .... and it turns out most of them have camera-shake ....  |
09-08-2006, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Alan Closest I get is a Spiny mason wasp – Odynerus spinipes? | Well, Alan, much as it pains me to say it .... I think you're right!!
Still, I suppose by the law of averages, you had to get lucky sometime ....  |
09-08-2006, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jezlee Well, Alan, much as it pains me to say it .... I think you're right!!
Still, I suppose by the law of averages, you had to get lucky sometime .... | Thanks Jez.........I think 
......ohhhhhh I can feel the pain from here 
..hang on though, the insect boys haven't verified it yet! |
09-08-2006, 07:55 PM
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Jez
When you get a positive ID on these insects do you take the trouble to edit the description on the image you have submitted to WAB?
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09-08-2006, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Boddie Jez
When you get a positive ID on these insects do you take the trouble to edit the description on the image you have submitted to WAB? |
Hi Boddie .... no, I did ask the question once and was told that the moderators did it .... |
09-08-2006, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Alan | I know .... and that in fact has a direct bearing on Boddie's question - in as much that a lot of these ID's aren't definite .... not 100% anyway ....
On my hoverfly on the other thread, I have matched it pretty well against the key in Stubbs & Falk, but even then, I have this nagging doubt that something has been missed and it isn't that one, but a closely-related one ....  | | | |
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