Some insects for ID

PeterD · #11 (**permalink**) 28-09-2009, 07:43 PM

Seen yesterday in Waterlooville.
The closest I can get to it is a member of the Dolichopids. I usually get it wrong

but this is my best stab from the shape etc.

Jason Green · #12 (**permalink**) 28-09-2009, 07:50 PM

It's a Dung Fly, and likely Scathophaga stercoraria. It's not necessarily one you should be familiar with, though; I think I saw the female last year (who is largely hairless in comparison!) and not a single adult this year.

PeterD · #13 (**permalink**) 28-09-2009, 08:15 PM

Good evening and thanks for replying so promptly Jason (again

).

This fly is not in my Insect guide book but I have looked it up on the web. It looks like you are spot on again

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Wikepedia entry states that these are very common but I do not think I have seen them before. Mind you, I am seeing a lot of new things now that I have my eyes open and camera ready

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Dogghound · #14 (**permalink**) 28-09-2009, 08:19 PM

Any rough grazing land with horses, sheep or cattle should have these. There are still alot around here.

PeterD · #15 (**permalink**) 28-09-2009, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dogghound

Any rough grazing land with horses, sheep or cattle should have these. There are still alot around here.

Thanks for the info. As I said previously, it is only when you start to look more carefully around you that you discover such diverse beauty about. we have a habit of seeing things but dismissing them as 'more of the same'

. I am so glad I have started to do Macro work as there is so much to learn and appreciate.

PeterD · #16 (**permalink**) 28-09-2009, 11:46 PM

This, I think, is a clearwing moth.

Thanks

Jason Green · #17 (**permalink**) 29-09-2009, 12:02 AM

Lucky you! It's one of the UK's three Scorpion flies, a Panorpa sp.

Since I've really been looking/pgotographing invertebrates in mid-2007 I have as yet been unsuccessful in trying to track one down...

Admittedly pretty similar to a clearwing, Peter!

PeterD · #18 (**permalink**) 29-09-2009, 07:47 AM

Good morning Jason

Thanks for the ID. Once again, my guide does not include this species

. Without your help I would have been stuck. Cheers

PeterD · #19 (**permalink**) 29-09-2009, 02:45 PM

This one I believe to be a Honey Bee

This one is darker but I believe is also a Honey Bee.

This moth I cannot ID

Thanks for your help

tristanba · #20 (**permalink**) 29-09-2009, 05:17 PM

the Rhopalid bug (first image posted in thread) is Stictopleurus punctatonervosus

small mico is final post is a Nettle tap, Anthophila fabriciana