What's buzzing or flying near you 2021?

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  1. hydrogardener

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    Cedar Waxwing.

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      Lovely image hydrogardener and the bird's plumage is immaculate. :thumbsup:
       
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        One of my favorite species.
         
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          What's this insect on my eryngium, please? Some sort of hoverfly? :noidea:

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            @Nikolaos, looks like a Hornet Mimic Hoverfly.:smile:
             
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              Thank you Strongy, much appreciated! So many new insect species appearing in the garden this year that I'm having a job keeping track of them, there seems to be something new here every day! :biggrin:

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                Not seen one for a couple of years, and that was at a local wildlife trust reserve
                 
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                  Well, I'm honoured as it's been a regular visitor recently! :biggrin: Lovely clear photo BTW, Scrungee! Most photos of them online seem to show them on buddleias and eryngiums aren't even mentioned as one of the plant genera they feed on. :dunno: There was a similar but slightly smaller, browner one on one of my plants today, I'll try to get a decent photo tomorrow if it returns... :smile:

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                  What, like these ones? (From 2014, before I had the lens I now use for butterflies, dragonflies, etc.).

                   
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                    Wild Turkey.

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                      Dragonfly I have tried to ID it but couldn't find it:smile:

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                        A Jersey Tiger moth - it appears to have taken up residence in my garden, fluttering between this berberis and the bathroom windowsill. As it does so the orange under-wings become visible. Very striking, I've seen them here before but only in the last few years. I gather they used to live mainly on the South Coast but are becoming more common now in London.
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                          @Clare G I found one in the peg bag on the rotary clothes line! seems to be a good year for them.

                          @wiseowl It looks like a Hawker, Southern or Migrant I am not sure.
                           
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                            Good afternoon @strongylodon and thank you my friend:smile:

                            @strongylodon I have since been informed that it is indeed as you said a Migrant Hawker (immature male- adult colours not yet developed).:smile:
                             
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                              Good morning:smile:

                              I think it is a Jersey Tiger Moth

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