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Mirid bug I reckon m8
Young Wooly Aphids I reckon Alf.I thought I had found a Collembola (springtail) but I have no idea what it is or will become
Unknown by Alf Branch, on Flickr
Thanks AlbyYoung Wooly Aphids I reckon Alf.
This sounds like Box-tree Moth, an invasive, non-native species which is decimating Box Trees in some parts of the country.@Ajophotog
Alby
I wonder if you can ID 'this' just from this description.
We had a moth come in and settle in a awkward position on the open window frame. Rather than get my camera I was more concerned about safely ejecting it.
I did manage to trap it in our catch and release plastic cup and card lid
Description
Approx 30-35mm wingtip to wingtip
Resting, its wings were flat and the antenna were more butterfly like I e. Not the frond like ones.
The abdomen (ovipositor?) extended approx 5mm beyond the wing edge
Colouring
Around the whole of the wing edges there was a dark brown(?) band 4-5mm wide. The rest of the wing area was a silver like sheen colour, this was the same on the upper wing and the underside.
I have looked in the books I have to hand and also online but cannot find anything remotely like it. Though the silvery sheen made me look up the Mother of Pearl Moth...but other than relative size and shape including the extended tail it was not the same colouring
TIA
PS it flew once allowed outside
This sounds like Box-tree Moth, an invasive, non-native species which is decimating Box Trees in some parts of the country.
Information gratefully received.
Thanks Alf.
Yes, that is a bog standard greenfly.my wife says it's a grasshopper, but the bug was minute - length of a small finger nail, maybe less
aphid??
The bud is a small Dahlia bud
Hover fly, but no idea which one there are many.ID please - or is it just and ordinary small fly - tiny thing!!
Hover fly, but no idea which one there are many.
Someone will no doubt be able to narrow it down.
No idea but any clues as to country and specific geographic location might give folks a fighting chance to try to find some supporting ID evidence
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According to uksafari site it looks like a 'garden spider'
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Hmm not that close
Hobo spider I'm thinking as it is more yellowish and doesn't have very distinctive stripping on its abdomen. Could be either though as they are hard to tell apart.Giant house spider??
It is a window gnat.
I don't think it is identifiable from this photo. TimmyG's suggestion of a Heleomyzid is a possibility, my first thought was a Dryomyzid, but it could also be a Sciomyzid of the genus Tetanocera. If you want an ID, take several phoros - top view showing the wing venation and a close up showing the head bristles are likely to be necessary to get much further.
Water-measurer or water scorpion, not the best photo to be sure.Can anyone identify this insect please..
I was fishing and saw it fly towards me over the lake and it landed at my feet.
crap photo i know but it was gone before i could take another.
nearest i can see is a sabre wasp, but it didn't have and white spots.
PS it was about the length of a finger.
Cobra is correct - it is a hoverfly. Female Platycheirus. Not sure of the species from this angle, but I suspect it is one of the scutatus group.ID please - or is it just and ordinary small fly - tiny thing!!