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Clearwing moth or Bee?
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 4:36 pm
by Jack Harrison
Very restless, hovering over flower rather than landing. Vibrating wngs in manner of Humming Bird Hawkmoth. Probably a type of bee but not sure.
Glengorm garden nursery, Isle of Mull. Very difficult to photograph due to constant activity.
This wasp had been busy.
Jack
Re: Clearwing moth or Bee?
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 4:52 pm
by ChrisC
I think you could have a narrow bordered bee hawk there Jack
Re: Clearwing moth or Bee?
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:02 pm
by cjs
I agree with Chris, nice find Jack and well spotted.
Charlie.
Re: Clearwing moth or Bee?
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 8:10 am
by Jack Harrison
..nice find Jack and well spotted.
The credit for the first find has to go to my wife Stella. She saw a “strange yellow bee” when we were in Glen More the previous day.
When she saw my photos , immediately:
“That was it.”
The two localities where seen, Glengorm and Glen More are almost 40 kilometres apart with the substantial Ben More mountains (950 metres+) between the two places suggesting that the moth might be widespread on Mull, albeit at low density.
Thanks for the i/d. Having now looked in my moth books, you are certainly correct.
Jack