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25-07-2011, 10:42 PM
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| | | Spider ID and Hoverfly in flight
Can anyone ID this spider found in my garden? 
Also my first shot of an in flight hover fly, not easy for me to capture, but happy with this effort. 
thanks Nick |
26-07-2011, 04:26 AM
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| | | Re: Spider ID and Hoverfly in flight
The hoverfly is the Marmalade Fly, Episyrphus balteatus. I'm seeing good numbers of these currently. |
26-07-2011, 05:26 AM
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| | | Re: Spider ID and Hoverfly in flight
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Originally Posted by aeshna5  The hoverfly is the Marmalade Fly, Episyrphus balteatus. I'm seeing good numbers of these currently. | Agree there seems to be hundreds around, is this normal?? |
26-07-2011, 04:03 PM
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| |  Re: Spider ID and Hoverfly in flight
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Originally Posted by htcdude Agree there seems to be hundreds around, is this normal?? |
It does happen some years, but not always. Though it is a resident species its numbers can be vastly increased by migrants.
Agree there are a lot around at the moment though I do recall years with even greater numbers. |
26-07-2011, 06:55 PM
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| | | Re: Spider ID and Hoverfly in flight
Agree there seems to be hundreds around, is this normal??
Loads of males but, as I mentioned recently, I'm struggling to find a couple of females a day. |
26-07-2011, 07:01 PM
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| | | Re: Spider ID and Hoverfly in flight
Nick - Nicely done on your first hoverfly in flight!
Bruce  |
26-07-2011, 08:03 PM
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| | | Re: Spider ID and Hoverfly in flight
Anybody 'brave enough' to tackle the spider though.
I was wondering about Linyphiidae family but I'm mostly guessing. |
26-07-2011, 08:09 PM
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| | | Re: Spider ID and Hoverfly in flight
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Originally Posted by Geoff F Agree there seems to be hundreds around, is this normal??
Loads of males but, as I mentioned recently, I'm struggling to find a couple of females a day. | What's the differences to look for?
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26-07-2011, 08:59 PM
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| | | Re: Spider ID and Hoverfly in flight
Just the wider gap between eyes in the female. Sometimes I can do this just by sight but nowadays, even with my glasses, I prefer the magnification of a decent macro lens to look through. |
26-07-2011, 10:24 PM
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| | | Re: Spider ID and Hoverfly in flight
Evening Nick,
nice in-flight shot. The spider - 'brave enough'? Well, I just find them a bit dull - but have to say this has a bit of an Amaurobius look to it. How long, excl. legs?
Take care,
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