Some flies and bees for ID

[djeyewater]

If anyone can ID any of these, would be appreciated!

I had this down as a honeybee, but now I think it might be a hoverfly Eristalis pertinax?


And I think this is the same species?


A bumblebee of some kind:


And another one (sorry the pics not very good):


A fly, about 5mm body:


About 3mm, on a rose. Looks like it might have laid an egg?


Thanks,

Dave

[djeyewater]

Just bumping this in case it got missed.

[eucera]

Hi

Had a look at the bees (both are bumbles) and it really isn't easy to do much with them I'm afraid

#3 is a tatty and faded specimen of what is likely to be either B. terrestris or one of the B. lucorum complex.

#4 Also a bumble but not identifiable from this angle

Stuart

[Harry Eales]

Originally Posted by eucera

Hi

Had a look at the bees (both are bumbles) and it really isn't easy to do much with them I'm afraid

#3 is a tatty and faded specimen of what is likely to be either B. terrestris or one of the B. lucorum complex.

#4 Also a bumble but not identifiable from this angle

Stuart

I agree with Stuart,

Both are Bumblebees, but there isn't enough info in the pics to identifly either. Always take several pictures on any insect and display them all in your posts. At least then it gives us a chance then to ID the species.

Harry.

[Laurence Clemons]

The first fly is Eristalis tenax.
The penultimate fly is a female anthomyiid - I will need to think further about the species.
The last insect is a species of, probably, Edwardsiana - a leafhopper. There are several species of the genus and all are difficult to identify.

[djeyewater]

Originally Posted by eucera

Hi

Had a look at the bees (both are bumbles) and it really isn't easy to do much with them I'm afraid

#3 is a tatty and faded specimen of what is likely to be either B. terrestris or one of the B. lucorum complex.

#4 Also a bumble but not identifiable from this angle

Stuart

Thanks, here's another pic of #3:


Doing some searching I read that B. terrestris' stripes are slightly more orange while B. lucorum's are more lemony yellow, so I would guess it might be B. lucorum.

Thanks Harry and Laurence for your replies/IDs as well.

[eucera]

well.... B. terrestris does have more "old-gold" coloured bands, but this applies to fresh specimens. The one in the pics is old and faded, and so colour is not a reliable character. This will have to stay as Bombus sp. (either B. terrestris or B. lucorum agg.)