Large fly (1 Viewer)

[andrew saunders]

Half inch long, large fly with long antennae. Fell into allotment tank and frightened the tennant! London TW11

 

[Ficedula]

Half inch long, large fly with long antennae. Fell into allotment tank and frightened the tennant! London TW11

it's a very wet bumblebee, probably Bombus terrestris

 

[Julie50]

Another good reason to always keep a top on a water tank in an allotment - along with;

stops mosquitoes breeding
stops algae growing
stops dead matter falling in and decomposing

 

[andrew saunders]

Another good reason to always keep a top on a water tank in an allotment - along with;

stops mosquitoes breeding
stops algae growing
stops dead matter falling in and decomposing

I take your point about covering a tank. This one is a bath. Mosquito larvae wouldn't stand a chance, it gets emptied frequently. Sadly a kestrel drowned in a tank elsewhere on site. The nervous tenant who knows even less about insects than I do thought it might my be a bumble bee. Anyway it was left unmolested to dry out. Many thanks

 

[dantheman]

I take your point about covering a tank. This one is a bath. Mosquito larvae wouldn't stand a chance, it gets emptied frequently. Sadly a kestrel drowned in a tank elsewhere on site. The nervous tenant who knows even less about insects than I do thought it might my be a bumble bee. Anyway it was left unmolested to dry out. Many thanks

Failing a cover, something for animals to climb out always useful, like some old rope or suitable slanted stick.

 

[maplekong]

Poor kestrel.

 

[Julie50]

Glad the bee made it - agree with dantheman - perhaps a small piece of planking so animals can get out?