snout

23 Apr 2025

by JDO | posted in: Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

And what a snout it is. Rhingia campestris is quite a small hoverfly, and thus easy to overlook, but once you’ve spotted one the only insect with which it could reasonably be confused is its close cousin, Rhingia rostrata. The … Continued

2 May 2024

Aim

by JDO | posted in: Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Today was another day of trying to cram quarts of activity into pint pots of time, and I only managed about ten minutes in the garden with the camera. I didn’t have high hopes at the start, invertebrate-wise, because it … Continued

18 Apr 2024

Snout

by JDO | posted in: Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It was only last weekend that I found my first Rhingia hoverfly of the season, and today I spotted the other variety. If you check this image against Saturday’s extra I think you’ll easily see the physical difference between the … Continued

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