Beetle and bee

RonChrisRonChris Registered Users Posts: 104 Major grins
edited May 15, 2012 in Holy Macro
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  • IPClarkIPClark Registered Users Posts: 2,355 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2012
    Hi RonChris, nice shots. Looks like you got the focus bang on the eyes in #1.

    The Bee, is actually a hover fly. Very commonly mistaken for bees, especially as some of them mimic bees. Sometimes they're mistaken for wasps too but they're definitely not wasp like (See my thread yesterday titled first hover this season or something like it, some species will happily sit on your hand although the one in my photo is one of those that will rarely sit on your hand). :)

    Good stuff.
    Ian Clark
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2012
    Good ones- as Ian says #1 is a hoverfly- Myathropa florea
    Brian v.
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