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Fly ID X2

Nightforce 65X55 · 2015-06-26 18:14:45

Got pics of these 2 Flies today , I assume they are both hover flies but they look very different to each other. And this one as well if possible Ill have to get a book on insects for ID purposes....

26-06-2015 6:14pm

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Nightforce 65X55

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Got pics of these 2 Flies today , I assume they are both hover flies but they look very different to each other.

And this one as well if possible

Ill have to get a book on insects for ID purposes....

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#2 26-06-2015 9:08pm

splish

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First photo is the hoverfly Syritta pipiens.

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#3 29-06-2015 9:16am

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splish wrote: »

First photo is the hoverfly Syritta pipiens.

Second one looks like a hover fly

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#4 10-07-2015 7:01pm

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Anyone know what this fly /insect is please ?

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#5 10-07-2015 7:30pm

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It looks like a Giant Wood Wasp (Uroceras gigas).

Here's an interesting article about them: http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/dick-warner/much-maligned-horntail-stirs-up-a-hornets-nest-166455.html

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