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I have a bee question and this is hard as ive got a pic on my phone but no way to put it on here,in my daughters garden today a bee was feeding on the buddleia about the size of my thumb,hard orange upper body and black and orange lower,never seen one like it before,ty chrus




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Have a look here
https://friendsoftheearth.uk/nature/bee-identification-guide

20 Aug, 2022

 

got my daughter to do this im pathetic with the phone

20 Aug, 2022

 

I wonder if it is a Hornet mimic Hoverfly. I posted a photo of one in my garden recently. Should be on my GoY photos page.

20 Aug, 2022

 

def not a hoverfly shirley,ive never seen anything this big,i will have a look owdboggy,ty

20 Aug, 2022

 

This WAS big!!!

20 Aug, 2022

 

I would go for a Bumblebee Hoverfly.

20 Aug, 2022

 

The phone ? Beats me too.

21 Aug, 2022

 

I'd go for the Hornet hoverfly Volucella zonaria, the abdominal patterns are a good match. It is also one of the largest insects of this type in the UK.

21 Aug, 2022

 

ty seaburn ive never seen something so big

22 Aug, 2022

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