Wasp and hover fly

[PhilM_TX]

It's really amazing to discover so many new subjects, using my "new" eye - the Macro lens.

1) Ocyptamus fascipennis - Hover Fly

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2) WASP

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[Butlerkid]

Beautiful work capturing both of them!

 

[bsinc1962]

Wonderful images.

 

[Randy]

crazy colors, nice work

 

[PhilM_TX]

Beautiful work capturing both of them!

Thank you Karen. I'm really enjoying the "up close" change of pace.

Wonderful images.

Much appreciated, Bill.

crazy colors, nice work

Thank you Randy. Honestly, it's nice that everything hasn't dried up & turned brown yet this summer.

 

[fishbio]

It's really amazing to discover so many new subjects, using my "new" eye - the Macro lens.

1) Anyone recognize this guy? He's approx. 0.5 inch long.

2) WASP

Nice pair of images. Your unknown has only one pair of wings, those little yellow halteres and distinctive antennae. That makes it a fly. You can likely get a species by submitting it to Bugguide.net or iNaturalist.org

 

[PhilM_TX]

Nice pair of images. Your unknown has only one pair of wings, those little yellow halteres and distinctive antennae. That makes it a fly. You can likely get a species by submitting it to Bugguide.net or iNaturalist.org

Thank you, and thank you Larry. I'll give that a try.

Edit: I've created an account on BugGuide.net and submitted my image. That's great resource. I'm sure that given time to learn the site layout, one could reasonably easily answer most of their own questions.

 

[fishbio]

Thank you, and thank you Larry. I'll give that a try.

Edit: I've created an account on BugGuide.net and submitted my image. That's great resource. I'm sure that given time to learn the site layout, one could reasonably easily answer most of their own questions.

I see that it's been identified already. Bugguide can be fast for common things or take a couple of years for less common insects

 

[PhilM_TX]

I see that it's been identified already. Bugguide can be fast for common things or take a couple of years for less common insects

That's really neat. Thank you for the reference.

My "unidentified" insect is: Ocyptamus fascipennis - Common Hover Fly.

 

[dossy]

Both beautiful images!

 

[PhilM_TX]

Both beautiful images!

Thank you Dossy.