Naturewatch update ..... Hornet Mimic Hoverfly.

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  1. Mr Badger

    Mr Badger Well-Known Member

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    #1 Mr Badger, Aug 25, 2021
    Had one of these in our garden today.
    Quite a sight especially if you're wary of hornets and wasps, but apparently these are harmless. He was sucking away at our flowers quite happily. I wish I could have taken my own photo but he was buzzing all over the place !!
    About an inch long so at first sight you wouldn't want to cuddle him.

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    #2 thetykester, Aug 25, 2021
    Extremely harmless, seen loads pal, natures marvellous.
     
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    #3 thetykester, Aug 25, 2021
    Great photo BTW.
     
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    #4 Mr Badger, Aug 25, 2021
    Pinched off the interweb I'm afraid.
     
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    #5 Mr Badger, Aug 25, 2021
    Never seen one before. Love to see new creatures and trying to identify them. Great satisfaction when I do.
     
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    #6 Stephen Dawson, Aug 26, 2021
    See em' all the time.
     
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    #7 Mr Badger, Aug 26, 2021
    Do you actually see these big boys or the small hoverflies that buzz around your flowers in summer, the ones that look like tiny wasps?
     
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    #8 Stephen Dawson, Aug 26, 2021
    The small hover flies. I saw something weird last week though... a large wasp sort creature but it wasn't black and yellow. It was red and yellow?
     
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    #9 RedVesp, Aug 26, 2021
    Sounds like a proper hornet.

    https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/hornet
     
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    #10 sadbrewer, Aug 26, 2021
    In the 1980's the company I worked for acquired a second hand portakabin...I've no idea where it came from but it had the biggest nastiest looking wasp/hornet type thing I've ever seen...it was in excess of 50mm ( although fear may have influenced my estimate) and basically was just brown...it flew quite slowly but I've never managed to identify it.
     
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    #12 Stephen Dawson, Aug 26, 2021
    I saw something similar in the back yard about 3 months ago. I googled it but nothing resembled it. A brown wasp.
     
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    #13 Deafening Silence, Aug 26, 2021
    Was it one of these?

    http://www.uksafari.com/spiderhunters.htm
     
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    #14 Deafening Silence, Aug 26, 2021
    Or this? http://www.uksafari.com/woodwasp.htm
     
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    #15 sadbrewer, Aug 26, 2021
    That certainly has a look of it...it was a big nasty looking bleeder...put it this way 10 blokes sat outside eating their snap in winter rather than go in the cabin,
     
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