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Looks like a ladybird larvae, these are killers of aphids and liked by Gardeners.found this in the garden, looking for a ID
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Looks like a ladybird larvae, these are killers of aphids and liked by Gardeners.found this in the garden, looking for a ID
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I think Harlequin ladybird pupafound this in the garden, looking for a ID
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Thanks Bryn,Believe its Sphaerophoria sp. hoverfly
Tis a "Common" Green bottle.ound this in garden today, there seems to be a few of them on the flowers.
It a Harvestmanlooking for ID
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Looks very much like a Paintaed LadyNeed help in identifying the butterfly, could not catch a pic with its wings open
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About 1cm ish. Any ideas?
It is a Lonchopterid - sometimes called pointed winged flies. Unfortunately the wing tips aren't sharp - so you cannot really see the distinctive wing venation where all the veins run pretty much unbranched and parallel from base to tip. The two very common species are Lonchoptera furcata and L. lutea - this is a female.
bug thing for id! by scilly puffin, on Flickr
Hi all,
Here is the shiny new section for posting your pics for ID and information.
As many details/descriptions as possible would help track down information and help to ID your subject/s.
Also links to any info/pics to back up your answer would be great
There is a vast amount of knowledge between us and this is a great way to share and educate us all
Matt
ID DATABASE AND USEFUL LINKS!!!General Database/sites.
A list of any sites used to confirm ID or that may help in future, keep posting links, I will keep adding them
Butterflies.
Flies.
Spiders.
Of course its ok to post themIs this section limited to UK insects?Reason I ask is that I'm going to Malawi next week and would love help identifying the weird and wonderful things I shoot.
Thanks Bryn,
I did a bit of a google after I posted that, I didn't realise exactly just how many species of hoverfly there are!
It seems the ones I normally see are Marmalade hoverfly's.
Thanks Alf it can go on my Xmas listA book on them can help
From the angle it wasn't clear if they were legs or antenna you could be right ..Looks like the third pair of legs are just visible OOF in front on front of the head.
Could anyone ID this please? I've had a quick google without success but not sure where to look.
The wife took the shot yesterday afternoon, it was on the side of her car.
Weather conditions were poor, it was blowing a gale and we'd not long had a snow shower, not ideal for it to be out and about?
Size was only small, about 10mm in length, cheers
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It is a Dung fly - Scathophaga stercoraria posing with his wings forward.
Its the Common Yellow Dung fly, Scathophaga stercoraria, male.Could anyone ID this please? I've had a quick google without success but not sure where to look.
The wife took the shot yesterday afternoon, it was on the side of her car.
Weather conditions were poor, it was blowing a gale and we'd not long had a snow shower, not ideal for it to be out and about?
Size was only small, about 10mm in length, cheers
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Apologies for another ID post
I love messing around with the Sigma 105 and recently purchased flash ring, nothing serious but I'm always amazed by what can be seen when cropped in.
This was taken on a double glazed window, it was tiny, maybe 3/4mm in length maximum.
Again, I've had a Google but struggle to know where to start and I'm just a bit curious, cheers
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Phil it is a drain fly or Psychoda spp
Quite nicely shot too
It is an Ichneumonid wasp - a very large group many of which are parasites of moth caterpillars as larvae.
Thank you both. I do have a book of British wasps, bees and ants but there are so many of them and the id keys talk about things I know not wot of.Yeah it is an Ichneumonid wasp there are about 2500 species in Britain
look here for info
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/content/.../british-ichneumonid-wasps-id-guide.pdf
Thank you both. I do have a book of British wasps, bees and ants but there are so many of them and the id keys talk about things I know not wot of.
Alfbranch, your link takes me to a security page that says I have been blocked - certainly not for anything I have done as I have done nothing.