Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Other insects, spiders, etc.
 Can you identify this fly
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| jd |
Posted on 28-06-2009 10:13
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Member Location: Posts: 2 Joined: 27.06.09 |
Hi, Sorry if this question is in the wrong place but i'm a first time user. I live in south east kent. I seem to be infested with swarms of these flies in my front garden. They seem to hover around the plants when it's hot/humid They don't seem to be a household fly i.e not the same as you get indoors. They don't fly around everywhere just stay in a swarm. They don't make any noise. They are about 0.5 to 1cm long Could I have a nest or something? Is there any way to get rid of them because the neighbours are starting to complain. I'm sure the photo is one of them. jd attached the following image:  [76.87Kb] Edited by jd on 28-06-2009 10:17 |
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| viktor j nilsson |
Posted on 28-06-2009 10:29
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Member Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 203 Joined: 25.02.08 |
Sorry, this is a wasp, probably a bee. I´m sure you can get an answer to what it is (but possibly not how to get rid of them!) on http://www.forum.hymis.de/ |
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| viktor j nilsson |
Posted on 28-06-2009 10:38
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Member Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 203 Joined: 25.02.08 |
That being said, I think that Andrena bicolor seems as a fairly good match: |
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| jd |
Posted on 28-06-2009 10:45
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Member Location: Posts: 2 Joined: 27.06.09 |
Hi Viktor thanks for the reply I can't find any information on wasps with hair legs As for it being a Andrena bicolor it looks like that has a hairy body but mine doesn't Also bees have hairy bodies so surely that rules them out? Edited by jd on 28-06-2009 10:49 |
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| viktor j nilsson |
Posted on 28-06-2009 11:04
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Member Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 203 Joined: 25.02.08 |
Bees are wasps and they frequently have very hairy legs. As for your picture, your specimen at least has a lot of red hairs on the humeri (the "shoulders" of the thorax, the middle part of the body) which is visible on your picture, and I there is also some more red visible on the "back" of the wasp, which should also be hairs. I think that it is hairy all over the body. Hairs, especially on the thorax, can be worn away to a large extent, possibly explaining why you do not think that it is so hairy. But let the people at http://www.forum.hymis.de/ see it and we can be sure. |
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