Waspy Thing

[Julian de'Courcy]

Ones a Bee I can see. The other is a Waspy thing . A Waspy Thing, to give it. its proper name is something that is a bit like a wasp, not a wasp and is usually safe to photograph. I liked the composition and colour of these rather than them being macro's. Anyway it whiled away an hour.


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P9030066-23 by JuliandeCourcy, on Flickr


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P9030202 by JuliandeCourcy, on Flickr


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P9030106 by JuliandeCourcy, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

Or Hoverflies even! Nice shots though especially the last one. I do like these insects.

These are Eristalis tenax (first two) and Helophilus affinis (last one) by the look of it. The first is the Honey Bee mimic and it lays its eggs in rotting corpses. This lead to certain myths about swarms of bees emerging from them (eg, the biblical reference to bees emerging from the corpse of a lion, "And out of the strong came forth sweetness" - Apiservices - Beekeeping - Article - Ecology : Out of the strong came forth sweetness).

By the way, they are completely harmless.

 

[Glen Roberts]

They look nice with the yellow flowers.

All three are Hoverflies but haven't got my book handy to check specific species.

Edit:
Just noticed Pete has beat me to it as I was typing.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Thanks for the insight Pete, I now Know where to go for my insect titles. There was a film once about a guy who had swarms coming from his mouth. Tom Hanks was in it.
Glen you'll just have to type faster. but you do have my sympathies. I cannot type fast either.

 

[Andy Boardman]

Quote There was a film once about a guy who had swarms coming from his mouth. Tom Hanks was in it.

It must have been a big mouth as he is a tall chap LOL

Cracking shots by the way & ones to be proud of macro wise or not.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Andy I remember it was the 'Green Mile' Tom Hanks was there it was Michael Clarke Duncan's mouth that the Bees came out of.

 

[Richard McMellon]

Great shots Julian, very easy to while away an hour with hover flies.

The last one is my favourite, but they are all good!