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Winged Insect ID

  • 27-05-2020 2:25pm
    #1
    Yi Harr
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    Hi there, would appreciate it if this little guy could be identified.


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  • #2
    Yi Harr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Yi Harr


    No option to attach image to the op.


  • #3
    New Home
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    514426.jpg

    Mosquito, probably Culex pipiens.


  • #4
    Yi Harr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Yi Harr


    New Home wrote: »
    Mosquito, probably.

    Had thought as much but there's no obvious proboscis. Thanks.


  • #5
    New Home
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    That's a very good point... Let me look again.


  • #6
    Tiercel Dave
    Registered Users Posts: 797 ✭✭✭Tiercel Dave


    Yi Harr wrote: »
    Had thought as much but there's no obvious proboscis. Thanks.

    I'd still agree with Mosquito, considering that it doesn't look in the peak of health I'd imagine it could have lost some vital 'bits' in it's last affray.....


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  • #7
    cunnifferous
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    Maybe it's a male, they have much smaller ones don't they?


  • #8
    Yi Harr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Yi Harr


    Tiercel Dave wrote: »
    I'd still agree with Mosquito, considering that it doesn't look in the peak of health I'd imagine it could have lost some vital 'bits' in it's last affray.....

    True, he did meet an unfortunate end. I have some more pics of others of the same species where the proboscis isn't visible while still alive though. Will try and dig them out.

    It's the lack of visible proboscis while live which has me questioning if it is a mosquito.


  • #9
    New Home
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    There's only one reasonable explanation: ALIENS!!! No wait, there's another, more plausible one: MUTANTS!!! Caused by 5G!!!!

    Reminds me of an old story by Boccaccio - there was this cook who had stolen and eaten the leg of a crane his master had killed. When his master asked him why his roasted crane had only one leg, the cook replied "You must have killed it while its other leg was retracted". :D

    So, something similar? :pac:

    Sorry, I know, I'm not really helping.


  • #10
    Irishphotodesk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭Irishphotodesk


    Sorry for jumping in on your thread, I have a similar request,

    can anyone help with ID of this little fellah, he stung my wife about 15mins ago, we have applied anthisan and ice to the area, it’s calmed down for now, just curious about what it is.

    It’s about 1cm in length.


    Thanks to everyone that responds in advance.


  • #11
    New Home
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    The wings make me think of a wasp, the head, body and legs of a bee, but without the antennae I can't be sure.


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  • #12
    Tiercel Dave
    Registered Users Posts: 797 ✭✭✭Tiercel Dave


    Irishphotodesk wrote: »
    Sorry for jumping in on your thread, I have a similar request,

    can anyone help with ID of this little fellah, he stung my wife about 15mins ago, we have applied anthisan and ice to the area, it’s calmed down for now, just curious about what it is.

    It’s about 1cm in length.


    Thanks to everyone that responds in advance.

    Looks like a Honeybee, maybe even an Irish Black Bee but would be slightly bigger than 10mm.....

    Bee-256x300.jpg


  • #13
    Tiercel Dave
    Registered Users Posts: 797 ✭✭✭Tiercel Dave


    Yi Harr wrote: »
    No option to attach image to the op.

    Doing a bit of research on the original post I came up with this lad/lady,

    Rhagio scolopaceus, Snipe Fly.....


    https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/rhagio-scolopaceus


  • #14
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,310 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Tiercel Dave wrote: »
    Doing a bit of research on the original post I came up with this lad/lady,

    Rhagio scolopaceus, Snipe Fly.....


    https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/rhagio-scolopaceus

    Hmmm. I'm not sold. The wings and the whole shape of the body are different, even if we disregard the colour.


  • #15
    Irishphotodesk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭Irishphotodesk


    Tiercel Dave wrote: »
    Doing a bit of research on the original post I came up with this lad/lady,

    Rhagio scolopaceus, Snipe Fly.....


    https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/rhagio-scolopaceus

    I would say no, and not a normal bee neither, too thin about half or a third of the width of a normal honey bee.

    Thanks though, closest I can find online would be a yellow legged hornet (but size is well off)


  • #16
    Yi Harr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Yi Harr


    So, I came across another specimen over the weekend and managed to get some pictures of it prior to it being dispatched.

    Still on the fence as to whether it's a mosquito or not but still can't find anything non-mosquito and similar to it.


  • #17
    New Home
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    Mosquito 100%.


  • #18
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Irishphotodesk wrote: »
    Sorry for jumping in on your thread, I have a similar request,

    can anyone help with ID of this little fellah, he stung my wife about 15mins ago, we have applied anthisan and ice to the area, it’s calmed down for now, just curious about what it is.

    It’s about 1cm in length.


    Thanks to everyone that responds in advance.


    How bad was the sting? As painful as a normal wasp, or not as bad?


  • #19
    Irishphotodesk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭Irishphotodesk


    the purple tin wrote: »
    How bad was the sting? As painful as a normal wasp, or not as bad?

    She said it was very painful.... stronger than wasp/bee sting - but it has been in excess of 20years since she last experienced a sting.

    The combination of anthisan and ice calmed it within a few mins.


  • #20
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Irishphotodesk wrote: »
    She said it was very painful.... stronger than wasp/bee sting - but it has been in excess of 20years since she last experienced a sting.

    The combination of anthisan and ice calmed it within a few mins.
    Ah, I was thinking it might be some type of solitary bee, but they say that they would rarely sting and if they do it is very mild compared to a normal bee or a wasp. So they are out the window.


  • #21
    Yi Harr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Yi Harr


    Sooo, after a further bit of searching I now reckon the culprit is Sylvicola species. Possibly Sylvicola fenestralis.

    https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/sylvicola-fenestralis


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