Insect Id please
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Hoverfly.
Harmless things that mimic more harmful insects:
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag...opy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay07/cd-hoverflies.html
If you are being chased by hoverflies, its because they are trying to drink your sweat. They often land on people just to do this and end up being swatted. They are also called 'sweat bees' due to drinking sweat as a survival mechanism.
Look up leaving some water out for them and bees, with an object they can use to climb out of if they fall in.
Harmless things that mimic more harmful insects:
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag...opy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay07/cd-hoverflies.html
If you are being chased by hoverflies, its because they are trying to drink your sweat. They often land on people just to do this and end up being swatted. They are also called 'sweat bees' due to drinking sweat as a survival mechanism.
Look up leaving some water out for them and bees, with an object they can use to climb out of if they fall in.
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https://www.knowyourinsects.org/Diptera1.html
Definitely looks like the 'Hornet mimic hoverfly' to me.
This one specifically:
https://www.knowyourinsects.org/Hornet Mimic Hover Fly_Barbara.jpg
Not sure if embedding that would be hotlinking.
They're as useful as bees and have no sting, please avoid killing them.
Definitely looks like the 'Hornet mimic hoverfly' to me.
This one specifically:
https://www.knowyourinsects.org/Hornet Mimic Hover Fly_Barbara.jpg
Not sure if embedding that would be hotlinking.
They're as useful as bees and have no sting, please avoid killing them.
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Big flying ant
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Why has OP stole @moon man's gimmick?
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We used to call those a Jasper when I was a kid. "Watch out for that wasp!". "Don't worry, it's just a Jasper". The Mrs is Bristolian too but she doesn't know what I'm on about.
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I don't see variant of insect I just see insect.
SkodaMart
SkodaMart
No it doesn’t.
.SkodaMart
SkodaMart
Horseflies are grey and black.
Angry looking things.
Pic above looks more like a harmless hover fly as already suggested.
The first thing that came to my mind, too. Cool little things.
Though, before I clicked on the thread Queen Wasp was, of course, the obvious choice.
Incorrect.
"Deer flies in the genus Chrysops are up to 10 mm (0.4 in) long, have yellow to black bodies and striped abdomens, and membranous wings with dark patches"
SkodaMart
SkodaMart
I’ve splatted enough horseflies off my horse to know what they look like.
You do understand that you've literally been shown to be wrong but are still in denial, right? Want me to quote it again?