#IDRequest
Is an ID possible for this rather handsome Robberfly?
#Extremadura, SW Spain last week.
#IDRequest #Diptera
December 5, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Another day, another #IDRequest. 😀
Does anybody know what this tiny orange weevil is? Found on our boardwalk a couple of days ago.
#insects #invertebrates #OxfordshireFens
October 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Well. I can get as far as a Picture-winged fly, but wonder whether someone could offer an ID from this photo?
Seen yesterday in the Lye Valley, Oxford.
#IDRequest #Diptera
December 5, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Am I right in thinking this is one of the Ephippiger species of Bush Cricket? Saw quite a few, but none agreed to emerge from the dense vegetation for a clear photo...
Puerto de Peñanegra, Gredos, #Spain.
#Orthoptera #IDRequest
December 5, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Could someone put a name to this #ichneumon I spotted this morning in the Lye Valley, Oxford please? rather small, and very restless!
#IDRequest
December 5, 2024 at 3:41 PM
We accidentally disturbed a pair of these overwintering ichneumon (?) this morning when moving an old log. Awful photos we know, but any chance of an ID? Something like Amblyteles armatorius maybe?
#Hymenoptera #OxfordshireFens #OX3 #IDRequest
December 5, 2024 at 8:25 PM
I'm hoping this is a Green longhorn (Adela reaumurella) moth, resting on a Cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis).
If so, it's another new (or newly noticed) species for our garden this year.
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#IDRequest #TeamMoth #MicroMoths #Oxon
@MothIDUK
December 5, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Does this look right for the green form of an Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) larva? 🤔
About 5cm long, and spotted yesterday on Willowherb in the Lye Valley. Too breezy for a sharper photo sadly...
#IDRequest #OX3 #MothsMatter #OxfordshireFens
December 5, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Last year I found one of these & ID’ed it as Cylindroiulus punctatus (blunt-tailed snake millipede) but this year, finding another, I’m less sure.
For now sticking with it as initial ID.
Central MA, USA, night time on house siding.
#invertebrate
#photography
#idrequest
April 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Predator and prey.
I saw something land on a log in front of me this morning, but couldn't work out what sort of thing it was. Not surprising really since it was two things. Can anyone give me an ID for either or both insects please?
#IDRequest
December 5, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Another #Orthoptera #IDRequest.
Can someone put a name to this remarkably colourful grasshopper please? There were literally thousands of them, mostly settled deep inside Broom bushes...
Puerto de Peñanegra, #Gredos, #Spain.
December 5, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Small bee snoozing on a daisy in the garden today when the sun went in. Is an ID possible?
#Bee #Daisy #IDRequest #Pollinators
December 5, 2024 at 6:57 PM
The stuff of nightmares? For gardeners anyway!
On the other hand, maybe a welcome snack for a small bird?
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#Aphids #IDRequest (if possible)
December 5, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Could anyone give me a likely ID for these tiny red bugs on a Sea Squill (Drimia maritima) flowerhead please?
SW Spain, September.
#IDRequest #invertebrates
December 5, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Are these Banded Burdock (Terellia tussilaginis) flies?
Tiny, and spotted on Lesser (?) Burdock yesterday in the Lye Valley, Headington.
#IDRequest #Diptera #OX3
December 5, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Finally, from the spiky hairs I'm assuming this is some kind of Tachinid fly. Is an ID possible?
#BackGardenSafari #Diptera #IDRequest
December 5, 2024 at 6:36 PM
So this fly landed on our terrace in #Extremadura, SW #Spain a few weeks ago, and stayed just long enough for a single photo. Startling markings, is it an Exoprosopa species Bee-fly maybe?
#Diptera #IDRequest
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Is this a Megachile sp. (leaf cutter) bee? Spotted close to the cut Lime leaves featured in the Tweet below).
#IDRequest #SolitaryBee
December 5, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Could anyone help me out with an ID for this rather small and elegant hoverfly (?)
SW Spain a couple of weeks ago.
#IDRequest
December 5, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Could someone give me an ID for this Crane fly please? Spotted in the Lye Valley fen, Oxford, a couple of days ago.
#diptera #IDRequest #Cranefly
December 5, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Could someone help me with an ID for this tiny wasp, seen in the Lye Valley a couple of days ago on a Water Figwort flower?
#IDRequest #BWARS #Wasp
December 5, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Very smart (if small) ichneumon wasp with an impressive ovipositor from the Lye Valley. Any chance of an ID to species, or will it languish for eternity as just another one of the mainly black-bodied species with orange legs...
#IDRequest #Ichneumon #Wasp
December 5, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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#ValentineVault #IDRequest #goonfuel #archivedobsession #creatorID
May 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Is it possible to get an ID for this rather small, and seemingly all black fly that I just rescued from drowning in our bird bath?
#IDRequest #Diptera (I think!)
December 5, 2024 at 6:41 PM