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20-04-2009, 10:00 AM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 3
| | | flying ID please
Saw a strange looking thing this morning.I presume it was some kind of bee,It was the size of a Honey Bee but redish brown allover,hairy like a bee but had a probosus(spelling) that was perantly stuck out.It landed on some ivy thats on a sun faceing wall.Been around abit,never seen one of these.any help will do,cheers. |
20-04-2009, 10:03 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 1,416
| | | Re: flying ID please
The description fits that of a Bee Fly (Bombylius sp.) - have a look in the Gallery and see if yours looks like that. |
20-04-2009, 11:01 AM
|  | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London
Posts: 11,830
| | | Re: flying ID please
Sounds like a BF to me, too! |
20-04-2009, 01:47 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 3
| | | Re: flying ID please
Yep, Thats the blighter.Never seen one in my garden before,are they common or not?,By the way I live in Bracknell Thames Vally.Cheers. |
20-04-2009, 01:49 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 3
| | | Re: flying ID please
Forgot to add,Lived in for 20yrs,so must prosume they are rare around these parts. |
20-04-2009, 05:29 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: knowle, solihull (just south of b'ham)
Posts: 2,830
| | | Re: flying ID please
no, very common at this time of year all over britain  |
20-04-2009, 06:38 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: S. Devon
Posts: 3,893
| | | Re: flying ID please
There are however a couple of rare versions. Check out Bombus discolor and Bombus minor but mostly found in the south; and still a bit early for B. minor. | | |
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