What Am I?
Apr 27, 2019 20:49:58 #
Apr 27, 2019 20:51:13 #
speters wrote:
When I was a kid, I cought a hornet, it measured 89mm! I have no idea if it was a queen or just a regular one!
Apr 27, 2019 20:51:50 #
kpmac wrote:
Looks like a variety of hoverfly to me.
and another vote for hover fly - thanks
Apr 28, 2019 05:55:14 #
robertjerl wrote:
Besides being only 1/4" long.
7DII, 100-400L mk2 + 1.4xIII @ 560*, 1/400 @ f/8.0, ISO 1000
*exif says 401 mm, I think the contacts need cleaning or something
7DII, 100-400L mk2 + 1.4xIII @ 560*, 1/400 @ f/8.0, ISO 1000
*exif says 401 mm, I think the contacts need cleaning or something
Nice shot Jerry
Apr 28, 2019 06:24:43 #
Apr 28, 2019 10:44:27 #
Apr 28, 2019 12:24:06 #
It's a fly. Don't know the species, however. Two wings (not four), and short antennae makes it a fly. Don't remember much from the entomology class but that I do remember that. There are lots of flies that mimic wasps and bees. The class was in 1956 or 57, so don't hold me to other facts. Good shot by the way.
Apr 28, 2019 13:42:13 #
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Apr 28, 2019 13:44:10 #
LESTAHL wrote:
It's a fly. Don't know the species, however. Two wings (not four), and short antennae makes it a fly. Don't remember much from the entomology class but that I do remember that. There are lots of flies that mimic wasps and bees. The class was in 1956 or 57, so don't hold me to other facts. Good shot by the way.
Fly - yep
thanks
Apr 28, 2019 14:47:12 #
It is one of many species of Hoverflies in California. All of them beneficial as their Larvae devour aphids.
Syrphidae
Syrphidae
Apr 28, 2019 14:48:07 #
robertjerl wrote:
Besides being only 1/4" long.
7DII, 100-400L mk2 + 1.4xIII @ 560*, 1/400 @ f/8.0, ISO 1000
*exif says 401 mm, I think the contacts need cleaning or something
7DII, 100-400L mk2 + 1.4xIII @ 560*, 1/400 @ f/8.0, ISO 1000
*exif says 401 mm, I think the contacts need cleaning or something
Hover fly, Yellow jacket fly, Flower fly. All the same family, Syrphidae.
Spilomyia genus and Milesia genus have species that look similar.
The largest US wasp is this cicada killer. One of the largest wasps in the world. At 89mm, or 3-1/2 inches, a wasp that large lacks credibility.
A fisherman's tale?
Beyond me.
Bill
Apr 28, 2019 14:51:07 #
BBurns wrote:
It is one of many species of Hoverflies in California. All of them beneficial as their Larvae devour aphids.
Syrphidae
Syrphidae
The larva live in tree holes of water in some genus. Called rattail maggots
Bill
Apr 28, 2019 15:17:52 #
BBurns wrote:
It is one of many species of Hoverflies in California. All of them beneficial as their Larvae devour aphids.
Syrphidae
Syrphidae
eat aphids huh!
Where can I get about 5 gallons of them?
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