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Temporarily Misplaced
22/08/2021 19:37
Hi,
Can anyone help identify these three bees please?
Thanks in advance
TM
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Internetman
22/08/2021 22:22
I think they’re drone flies (honey bee mimics, a type of hover fly).
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Temporarily Misplaced
23/08/2021 07:40
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Ahh, thanks. I'll look them up.
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tuwit
23/08/2021 18:39
Definitely dipterans and not hymenopterans.
Second & third could be common drone fly.
www.naturespot.org.uk/.../common-drone-fly
Note the larval stage. Known as rat-tailed maggots the larval stage is aquatic feeding on detritus, and the 'rat-tail' is a breathing tube.
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