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Black & white "wasp"?

  • 10-04-2014 10:48am
    #1
    GobblyNob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 97 ✭✭


    For some reason, an old memory just popped back in to my head, so I decided to post here.

    I saw a black and white wasp in my garden a few years ago. Are these albino wasps? It was exactly the same as a wasp, except the stripes which should have been yellow were in fact white/grey. Anybody see these before? I've only seen it once in my life. Thanks.


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  • #2
    V_Moth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭V_Moth


    GobblyNob wrote: »
    For some reason, an old memory just popped back in to my head, so I decided to post here.

    I saw a black and white wasp in my garden a few years ago. Are these albino wasps? It was exactly the same as a wasp, except the stripes which should have been yellow were in fact white/grey. Anybody see these before? I've only seen it once in my life. Thanks.

    I suspect the insect you saw may have been a hoverfly. There are about 180 species in Ireland, some of which mimick bees and wasps. There is an overview of the hoverflies found in Ireland here:

    http://pollinators.biodiversityireland.ie/hoverflies/the-irish-fauna/


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