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Bees and Flies in South England (1 Viewer)
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Rotherbirder
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No disrespect, but the vast majority of insects cannot be identified to species from good images, let alone poor ones. The furthest you're likely to get with these is genus and some of them not even that far!
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WalterRayle
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Image one has a feel of the solitary bee Macropis europaea about it, I agree about 2 being an Eristalinus sp, Image three has a feel of Andrena flavipes, 4 with that amount of darkness on the abdomen has a feel of the wasp Dolichovespula media, 5 I agree is one of the Chrysops flies and 6 is a heteropteran bug, not a fly at all.
Thanks all.
To clarify I have used snipping tool (to meet forum size limits) which means you now can't zoom without losing lots of quality. Many were taken with my mobile and a few in low light (forgot to put flash on)
I really just wanted a flavour of what they may be and then I can have a look online for more detail.
I will try to put up a better reflection of the raw image in future.
Thanks again.
To clarify I have used snipping tool (to meet forum size limits) which means you now can't zoom without losing lots of quality. Many were taken with my mobile and a few in low light (forgot to put flash on)
I really just wanted a flavour of what they may be and then I can have a look online for more detail.
I will try to put up a better reflection of the raw image in future.
Thanks again.
Ficedula
velico ergo sum
#6 appears to be Eremocoris podagricus which would be a good find, but really need better photos. Of the others #1 has 3 submarginal so can't be Macropis, I can't even suggest a genus. Eristslinus and Chrysops correct, other two hymenoptera need better photos/specimen.
Rotherbirder
Well-known member
Hi Tim,
Please don't get me wrong, I wasn't just being critical of your photography for the sake of it. Even excellent photographs are useless for entomological identifications in most cases, where microscopic examination of a specimen is necessary! Even with relatively 'easy' species, unless you know how to photograph to get the diagnostic features (if indeed it is possible to photograph them in the field at all), its unlikely you'll get images good enough to identify to species. FWIW, I'm in agreement with the comments made by others on images 2 & 5.
RB
Is better I know how I.d. works in the insect world!