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18-09-2011, 11:39 PM
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| | | field wasp or fly thingy for ident.
Thought this could possibly be some sort of field wasp, or a fly...
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19-09-2011, 04:23 AM
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| | | Re: field wasp or fly thingy for ident.
Looks like the rare UKBAP-listed Hornet Robberfly, if I'm correctly-interpreting the wing patterning half-covered by shade. |
19-09-2011, 06:02 AM
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| | | Re: field wasp or fly thingy for ident.
Certainly looks like a Hornet Robberfly. It would be good to get it recorded.
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19-09-2011, 07:40 AM
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| | | Re: field wasp or fly thingy for ident.
Looks right for Asilus crabroniformis.
To expand on Jason's comment (I hope you don't mind) on conservation status, I've lifted this from ARKIVE. A mailgned species!
The hornet robberfly is listed as a priority species in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) and is included in English Nature's Species Recovery Programme. The Countryside Council for Wales leads the work being carried out to recover the fortunes of this species.
A number of different endangered species are associated with animal dung, including a number of well-known ones such as the greater horseshoe bat and chough. The main conservation targets are to increase the available habitat for these species, incorporating agricultural management changes, and particularly to control the frequency and the timing of parasite treatment for stock. One recommendation is to produce an information leaflet for distribution to the owners of stock in the areas where the hornet robberfly is still found. Convincing some people, however, about the importance of conservation for invertebrates, especially large aggressive-looking ones, may prove tricky.  |
19-09-2011, 03:43 PM
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| | | Re: field wasp or fly thingy for ident.
I'd love to send off a record for this specimen, but I don't know exactly where it came from  I think it fell of either myself or my dog when we got back from a walk which lasted a couple of hours. We did pass some wildflower strips along the way, and I know the exact route we took very well, but how to give a grid ref when our walk covered miles? 
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19-09-2011, 03:56 PM
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| | | Re: field wasp or fly thingy for ident.
Have a look at this.... Biodiversity: HBIC: Your Records
Your record doesn't have to be a six figure grid ref which takes it down to 100m accuracy, I'm sure they'll accept the best one you can give, even your house where you spotted it as long as you describe the circumstances.
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19-09-2011, 06:30 PM
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| | | Re: field wasp or fly thingy for ident.
Thankee Mister Woodman 
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