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Lunar hornet moth?
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:11 pm
by Part timer
Hi
I'm trying to identify this handsome creature, photographed at Pitt Down, Hampshire, on 24th August. Is it a lunar hornet moth?
Thanks, Rupert
Re: Lunar hornet moth?
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:19 pm
by Allan.W.
Hi Rupert ,
I reckon it could be the hoverfly Volucella Inanis Regards Allan.W.
Re: Lunar hornet moth?
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:22 pm
by bugboy
I agree with Allen, that was my first instinct.
Re: Lunar hornet moth?
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:56 pm
by Part timer
Thank you, gentlemen, for your quick responses (it must be raining as hard where you are as it is here .......). I hadn't thought of hoverflies.
Now, if you want a real challenge, have a look at my post from August 1st (Vercors Browns) - I haven't had any responses to that one.
Regards, Rupert