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14-05-2011, 12:44 PM
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| | | Two bugs and a bee-IDs please
Ithink this is a shield bug:  
This one has a lovely spotted tum:  
This bee was shuffling in undergrowth:  
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14-05-2011, 01:08 PM
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| | | Re: Two bugs and a bee-IDs please
The first one is the Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum. The second is Corizus hyoscyami - a lovely one.
(The edit is because to start with I was only getting the underside image... which was more of a challenge...)
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14-05-2011, 01:21 PM
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2nd one is a mirid bug poss, L.equestris
Don't think the 3rd one is a bee might be a member of the hover flies.
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14-05-2011, 01:32 PM
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Thank you! I've not seen either before. They were both sunning themselves on the geranium leaves. The hairy bug I see likes sloes? I've only got plums! Quite a gathering, found two Oedemera as well, and a baby cricket on the same plant!
The bee is not a hover type, some sort of miner?
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14-05-2011, 02:33 PM
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The last looks like one of the forms of Merodon equestris. I can see the 'swerve' on the wing, and the legs are all black and chunky.
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14-05-2011, 02:39 PM
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The Sloe Bug is a bit of a daft name for Dolycoris, as I've seen it practically everywhere except on sloes... 
Corizus is a rhopalid that was formerly firmly restricted to the southwest, but is now spreading inland and northeast. I'm sure Tristan (tristanba) would be interested in these two records - please do send him the details.
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14-05-2011, 02:49 PM
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Pleased with all the information, both! Will send info. for records. Bug-hunting is such fun.
Janet, I had a Merodon eq. last month, different colouration. This one was crawling under plants so difficult to catch it, then it flew up on the wall so I did! Must watch my bulbs.
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15-05-2011, 09:17 AM
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Hedera,
Pictures 5 and 6 are not bees but 'Bee Mimics' they are in fact Hoverflies.
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15-05-2011, 11:56 AM
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Thank you, Harry! Of course you are right - my memory slips sometimes. Should check more carefully.
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