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27-05-2009, 09:57 AM
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| |  waspish fly ID?
This lovely chap was in the greenhouse a couple of days ago.
Looks waspish, but may well not be of course - it was a strongly marked body of yellow and 4 black stripes, plus strongly reddish legs and antennae.
The squares are .5mm across for size in the viewing pot.
Sorry abut the pics - it was very active! 
Any help please?
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Ken  
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27-05-2009, 10:00 AM
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| | | Re: waspish fly ID?
has the look of a Nomada bee |
27-05-2009, 10:13 AM
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| | | Re: waspish fly ID?
New one on me!
Chinery has a pic (not a very good one!) of N. flava showing very brown antennae, so yes, this looks of that type, thanks Oxy.
Will do some more googling.
Ken
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27-05-2009, 10:33 AM
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| | | Re: waspish fly ID?
I agreee with oxycera: the spurs on the hind legs look very much like Nomada.
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30-05-2009, 04:13 AM
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| | | Re: waspish fly ID?
It is a Nomada bee for sure. Unfortunately, it is not possible to take this one beyond a generic id. There are 20+ species in UK, and they are (usually) parasitic in the nests of various Andrena bees (behaving like cuckoos) | | |
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