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I have noticed 3 insects recently. Probably not rare or unusual but I would be interested to have them identified.
Butterfly/moth. Very much like a cabbage white but with bright orange wing tips.
Ladybird. Entirely green, exactly same colour as leaves.
Hovering bee, furry, brown/ginger, about the same size as a honey bee but triangular shape with very long tongue.
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Butterfly/moth. Very much like a cabbage white but with bright orange wing tips.
Ladybird. Entirely green, exactly same colour as leaves.
Hovering bee, furry, brown/ginger, about the same size as a honey bee but triangular shape with very long tongue.
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Don't know about the other two but I'd hazard a guess that the butterfly is an Orange Tip
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Oo, I've seen a couple of those bee things too. No idea what it is.
The butterfly is called an Orange-tip butterfly.
Ladybird sounds like a nymph of the common green shield beetle and are pests.
The butterfly is called an Orange-tip butterfly.
Ladybird sounds like a nymph of the common green shield beetle and are pests.
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Oh, did google search and you can get, though I've never seen one, green ladybirds. So if it looks just like a ladybird, but green, that's what it is. If it's a bit smaller and not quite ladybird like- http://www.grosse.is-a-geek.com/greenshield.html
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Thanks,
Confirm butterfly was an orange tip.
Ladybird is not shield beetle. Green ladybird was ladybird shaped, exactly same size/shape as 7 spot. Only difference it was green.
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Confirm butterfly was an orange tip.
Ladybird is not shield beetle. Green ladybird was ladybird shaped, exactly same size/shape as 7 spot. Only difference it was green.
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And if the bee is the same as the one I saw, it's a Tawny Mining Bee - I saw a female, having looked at the pictures. Apparently they're great pollinators and don't sting.
Then it's probably a green ladybird...
Then it's probably a green ladybird...
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Thanks chickenchargrill,
Not a Tawny Mining Bee.
The hairy body is correct and colour about right.
The insect I saw has a different body shape (might not be a bee), it hovers perfectly as a hoverfly and has an enormous proboscis which it uses for collecting nectar while hovering.
Look forward to more replies.
Not a Tawny Mining Bee.
The hairy body is correct and colour about right.
The insect I saw has a different body shape (might not be a bee), it hovers perfectly as a hoverfly and has an enormous proboscis which it uses for collecting nectar while hovering.
Look forward to more replies.
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If you live in UK and not too far north could it be a bee fly. They have a distinctive high-pitched buzz which helps to identify them.MINESAPINT wrote: The insect I saw has a different body shape (might not be a bee), it hovers perfectly as a hoverfly and has an enormous proboscis which it uses for collecting nectar while hovering.
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Hummingbird hawkmoth? Very long proboscis but they haven't arrived here yet and only go to the UK now and again, although I think they are becoming more common there now.
I've been photographing bees - have all sorts of all different colours - but haven't got a clue what any of them are! I hadn't realised there were so many fluffy big/small/orange/yellow/black with orange bum and all other combinations! It's great.
I've been photographing bees - have all sorts of all different colours - but haven't got a clue what any of them are! I hadn't realised there were so many fluffy big/small/orange/yellow/black with orange bum and all other combinations! It's great.
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Thanks all,
Butterfly obviously an Orange Tip.
Still some uncertainty ref the green ladybird. I have read on Wikipedia such things are virtually impossible to identify unless you are expert.
The bee is obviously a bee fly (bombyliidae) but there are many hundreds to choose from.
Butterfly obviously an Orange Tip.
Still some uncertainty ref the green ladybird. I have read on Wikipedia such things are virtually impossible to identify unless you are expert.
The bee is obviously a bee fly (bombyliidae) but there are many hundreds to choose from.
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