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Freaky Wasp in my Garden - What Sort?

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PasturesNew
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edited 10 June 2017 at 2:39PM in Gardening
This little beastie has been staggering round my garden for 2½ hours, during which time he's walked about 12 feet.

https://s29.postimg.org/5eejhtu6v/Big_Wasp_142738447_758.jpg

What is that?

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  • PasturesNew
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    He's slow moving, so I got a couple of snaps... although he's not happy at me taking the photos so decided to continue walking once I started lurking around him.

    Another photo: https://s8.postimg.org/6fetnlgbp/Big_Wasp_142750488.jpg

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  • coffeehound
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    Looks like it might be a gadfly?
  • PasturesNew
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    coffeehound wrote: »
    Looks like it might be a gadfly?

    Never heard of that :)

    Another photo, allbeit not brilliant
    https://s30.postimg.org/b64vll0xd/Big_Wasp_142545973.jpg

    Using a mobile phone - so can't see a thing on the screen - and getting as close as I can .... while trying not to shake too much and hoping he doesn't decide to take a dislike to me and fly at me :)
  • Farway
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    It is not a wasp, it is a fly looking like a wasp to avoid predators

    Perhaps a hover fly?
    Eight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens
  • PasturesNew
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    I do dislike "outdoors" ... so many creepy things out there. I've had scorpion beetles and mayflys too in the past. They're not pleasant to see.
  • coffeehound
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Never heard of that :)

    Slang for Horsefly :)
  • PasturesNew
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    Cheers for the steer that it's some fly variant... I was kind of just checking it wasn't some alien "Deathly Asian Hornet" or similar thing :)
  • coffeehound
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    Hopefully Pyxis can tell you for sure what it is!
  • Jojo_the_Tightfisted
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    edited 10 June 2017 at 6:01PM
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    coffeehound wrote: »
    Hopefully Pyxis can tell you for sure what it is!

    Can I help instead?

    It's a male Dark Giant Horse Fly.

    Won't bite you. But the females do - and it's a pretty nasty bite with the size, fairly large hole left and the itching. Oh, the itching. :(


    I'd guess you live near the New Forest or somewhere up in the Northwest/Wales where there are boggy areas and horses/cattle/deer.

    Horrid things.
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