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29 Jul 2023 11:04 - 29 Jul 2023 11:05 #7237 by John Walker
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Have seen V inanis in Swinn wood on meadow area   ( hornets occur there)

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29 Jul 2023 09:21 #7236 by Pete Locking
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A good day in the garden yesterday for flies: Tachina Grossa, look that up on the internet! and Volucella Inanis again, very similar to Hornet Hover-fly.

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12 Jul 2023 22:55 #7176 by Joy Croot
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This one was in our garden July 2020. (Not noticed one since)  
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11 Jul 2023 14:00 #7172 by Pete Locking
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Found it in our book (Complete British Insects, Michael Chinery) and we first had one on 29 .07.2017 and a couple of times since. You're right, it is a distinctive hover-fly and easy to identify. We've also had v. inanis which again is shown in the book (published 2005) as only on the South coast, so things are moving northwards at quite a rate.

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11 Jul 2023 09:37 #7169 by John Walker
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Hi Pete
Volucella zonaria, it a large Hoverfly, ( uks largest) that loosely mimics hornet .
I have only seen it on my purple flowering buddliea .

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11 Jul 2023 09:37 #7170 by John Walker
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Hi Pete
Volucella zonaria, it a large Hoverfly, ( uks largest) that loosely mimics hornet .
I have only seen it on my purple flowering buddliea .

Regards John
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