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21-03-2010, 08:38 PM
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| | | I.D. on these spring insects please.
All taken today in Yorkshire.The first 2 are the same insect and I'm 99% the last is a honey bee but would be grateful for confirmation     
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21-03-2010, 10:07 PM
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| | | Re: I.D. on these spring insects please.
The first two are not a honey bee, but the last one is.
I am not 100% sure but the first two look like a male Osmia rufa.
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| | | Re: I.D. on these spring insects please.
First bee is an Andrena male, resembles Andrena haemorrhoa but looks a bit washed out.
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| | | Re: I.D. on these spring insects please.
Evening Shenk,
The fly looks like a Long-legged Fly from the Dolichopodidae family ( looks distinctive enough, I'll have a think - John Coldwell is good on these). The last photo is of a Honeybee, I saw my first on the 16th of this month.
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22-03-2010, 09:56 AM
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| | | Re: I.D. on these spring insects please.
The Dolichopodid is Liancalus virens . Quite a scarce species in some areas, which likes streams and the mosses associated with them. | | |
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