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24-07-2010, 02:37 PM
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| | | Hoverfly and ?wasp for ID please
Not seen these before:  
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24-07-2010, 03:12 PM
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| | | Re: Hoverfly and ?wasp for ID please
It looks like Episyrphus balteatus in my book.
If it isn't I've been id,ing more of mine wrong again 
PS dont know about the other waspy thing!
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24-07-2010, 03:19 PM
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| | | Re: Hoverfly and ?wasp for ID please
I think the hoverfly is Episyrphus balteatus too.
The sawfly could be the iris sawfly Rhadinoceraea micans.
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24-07-2010, 03:27 PM
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| | | Re: Hoverfly and ?wasp for ID please
Thank you both - of course it is; the little Marmalade hoverfly! The first time I've seen it this year though.
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24-07-2010, 07:17 PM
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| | | Re: Hoverfly and ?wasp for ID please
The 'wasp' appears to lack a narrow wasp like waist so I'm thinking it is probably a fly and quite possibly a Sawfly. The Solomon's Seal sawfly springs to mind although it could be a bit late for them now.
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24-07-2010, 07:38 PM
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| | | Re: Hoverfly and ?wasp for ID please
Yes, it is very likely Iris sawfly - it was near my pond, and last year I had sawfly larvae on the iris leaves. Must watch out again! Thanks both!
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| | | Re: Hoverfly and ?wasp for ID please
My garden is absolutely brimming with E.balteatus at the moment! I see something move and look - E.balteatus ... something else flits by - I spot it as it lands - E.balteatus again ... and so on!  | | |
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