Yet Another Cycling Forum

Random Musings => Miscellany => Where The Wild Things Are => Topic started by: Sergeant Pluck on 13 September, 2017, 05:07:26 pm

Title: What is this wasp / hornet?
Post by: Sergeant Pluck on 13 September, 2017, 05:07:26 pm

Seen in Chiswick:

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1BWzPZLCQmU/WblW7sWJyyI/AAAAAAAAdng/E9ACQ3aHclMguLJUjD_HJs___zYxIkTsQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/2017-09-13%2B14.18.05.jpg)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3HWJBTJqC_Q/WblW7i7ssAI/AAAAAAAAdng/Wg8O8XhGqD83fqSfNs13Lhb_ETpIXTUvQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/2017-09-13%2B14.18.08.jpg)

Any idea what that is?

Title: Re: What is this wasp / hornet?
Post by: nicknack on 13 September, 2017, 07:15:20 pm

Hover fly?

Title: Re: What is this wasp / hornet?
Post by: Blodwyn Pig on 13 September, 2017, 07:18:51 pm

correct!
http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/volucella-inanis

Title: Re: What is this wasp / hornet?
Post by: rogerzilla on 13 September, 2017, 09:20:04 pm

Not a jasper at all, quite innocuous and rather cute.

Title: Re: What is this wasp / hornet?
Post by: Sergeant Pluck on 13 September, 2017, 09:32:10 pm

Cheers!

Only one pair of wings then, I had thought it was 2 pairs linked up. The waxy, oily part behind the head almost looked as if it was liquid. Also, the abdomen looks more furry and darker than most of the images I can see for the inanis version. I should have taken a side view.

This image is the closest I can find:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/haikulinde/151781176

Title: Re: What is this wasp / hornet?
Post by: T42 on 14 September, 2017, 08:58:15 am

Snap - almost:

(http://www.pbase.com/johnewing/image/113916374.jpg)

Found this radiator mascot at the end of a ride a few years ago. Must have been there for a while, it was somewhat commotionné.

Title: Re: What is this wasp / hornet?
Post by: Asterix, the former Gaul. on 18 September, 2017, 06:18:24 pm

Just as well?

Horse Fly:

(http://c8.alamy.com/comp/D88YX9/horse-fly-horsefly-horse-fly-flies-clegg-horseflies-painful-infection-D88YX9.jpg)

Worse than mozzies.