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    I am guessing its a hornet
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    Sorry to disapoint you Digidark It it a Hover fly. Hornets wasps and bees have antenae. But look at the eyes and you see it is a fly. Some of them mimic bees and wasps
    Nice capture.

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    Thank you for the info Chocky.Have made a note of your identity explanation

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    Nice photo - and we get the beautiful flower as a bonus!!!

    It's good here as you get to find out what the hell it is that you have actually photographed! This thread of mine has another one that is a bee-mimic... which I didn't know when I took it - I thought that it was a weird bee. It also has a link to a hover fly site.

    http://www.thamesvalleybirds.co.uk/showthread.php?t=665

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    I agree its brilliant to have such helpful people on site.Am making page after page of notes.Thanks for the link and for the one from Rolf. I didnt realise this nature stuff could be so interesting

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    I really like hoverflies (apart for the grumpy one on my 'ID requested' thread)! They are pretty and I love the way that they hover and dart. It's very impressive the way that hey can appear to just hang in the air.

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    Yes. There are many different types and they are interesting because of the way they mimic other insectds.
    I spent hours trying to capture one hovering with no sucsess Then took a photo of a buterfly and caught a perfect hover fly as well in mid air.

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