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05-04-2009, 03:03 PM
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| | | Narrow-bordered bee hawkmoth
Just doing some gardening this afternoon and spotted what I thought was a bumble bee behaving strangley. It was hovering to feed. So thought, not a bumble bee then. What is it? Ask my wife to have a look and she didn't know what it was either. I have looked through my British insects book and had a look around on the web and the only identification I can find that fits is a Narrow-bordered bee hawkmoth. Could it be one? They are not supposed to be around until late May. If not, does anything else look the same? I wasn't quick enough to get my camera...  |
05-04-2009, 03:30 PM
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| | | Re: Narrow-bordered bee hawkmoth
It sounds like a Bee-fly, family Bombyliidae from the order of True Flies, Diptera. There's a lot of them around at moment - as is on the forum!
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05-04-2009, 04:05 PM
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| | | Re: Narrow-bordered bee hawkmoth
Thanks for the reply. Looked it up in the book and I think you are right. Shame it's not a rare spot. |
05-04-2009, 05:58 PM
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| | | Re: Narrow-bordered bee hawkmoth
If there are bee flies about then there must be solitary bees too - worth keeping an eye out for them. |
05-04-2009, 11:27 PM
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| | | Re: Narrow-bordered bee hawkmoth
As Jason says.....
It sounds like a Bee-fly or 'Bombylius major' to be exact!
INterestingly, they are a parasite although lovely to see and a herald of spring!
Naturegirl 
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06-04-2009, 08:03 AM
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| | | Re: Narrow-bordered bee hawkmoth
I suppose my last post sounds a bit ungrateful to nature to only supply me a bee-fly. It might not have been the hawkmoth, but I'm still pleased with seeing the bee-fly...  | | |
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