Bee ID help please (1 Viewer)

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charliefox

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• May 9, 2020

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Managed to catch this little chap on a tomato leaf yesterday whilst trying out my new macro lens.

Any help with id would be greatly appreciated as it’s driving me round the twist squinting at google images

Many thanks in advance.

 

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WalterRayle

Well-known member

• May 9, 2020

• #2

It's a hoverfly in the genus Eristalis - note one pair of wings and short antennae that help separate flies from the bees.

 

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aeshna5

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• May 9, 2020

• #3

It's Eristalis pertinax.

 

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charliefox

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• May 9, 2020

• #4

Thank you both, much appreciated

 

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Ken Noble

• May 10, 2020

• #5

charliefox said:

Managed to catch this little chap on a tomato leaf yesterday whilst trying out my new macro lens.

Any help with id would be greatly appreciated as it’s driving me round the twist squinting at google images

Many thanks in advance.

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Excellent image - I wish my shots of bees were half as good!

 

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charliefox

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• May 10, 2020

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Surreybirder said:

Excellent image - I wish my shots of bees were half as good!

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Thanks for the compliment. I reckon I probably keep 1 in 30 macro shots purely due to focus and such a narrow depth of field.

Try keeping the subject perpendicular to the camera axis. I find that improved my “keep rate” no end.