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Marmalade Hoverflies on Fox-and-cubs
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East Dunbartonshire, Milngavie and Bearsden
Marmalade Hoverflies (Episyrphus balteatus) drinking nectar from Fox-and-Cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca). This is our most common hoverfly. They are on the wing throughout the year but can be seen in large numbers like this in the summer. Fox and Cubs, Orange Hawkbit or Orange Hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca or the synonym Hieracium aurantiacum) is aggregated under Hawkweeds and / or Hawkbits in the genus Pilosella, or alternatively Hieracium agg. The botanical classification seems complicated at the very least! Picture taken by Sarah Longrigg in Milngavie.
Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) on Hawkweed (Hieracium agg.) to be identified, Kelvindale, Glasgow
23 August 2024
Tapered Drone Fly, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Broomhill, Jordanhill Claythorn and Bingham's Pond
Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax), taken by David Palmar on Broomhill Allotments, Glasgow
17 September 2022
Hawkweed, Maryhill, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
One of many species of Hawkweed (Hieracium agg.), in the family Asteraceae (similarly to the Dandelion), growing by the Forth and Clyde Canal in Maryhill, Glasgow
14 June 2020
Hawkweed sp., Ruchill Park, Glasgow
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
Hawkweed (Hieracium agg.), one of over 300 species of Hawkweed, in Ruchill Park, Glasgow. Even botanists have trouble identifying Hawkweeds, so they are often aggregated as a group by people who are not sure of the species.
01 June 2020
Hawkweed, Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Hawkweed (Hieracium agg.) taken on The Dava way in Grantown-on-Spey by David Palmar.
20 July 2020
Hawkweed, Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Hawkweed (Hieracium agg.), taken by David Palmar on the Dava Way near Grantown-on-Spey.
20 July 2020
Hawkweed near Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Hawkweeds (Hieracium agg.), taken on the Dava Way near Grantown-on-Spey by David Palmar
20 July 2020
Hawkweed, Milton, Dumbarton
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
Yellow flowered hawkweeds are typically referred to as Hieracium agg. This is due to the large number of microspecies of Hawkweed which even specialists struggle to identify. This yellow flower is more common in Northern Britain than in the South and can be seen between June and August. Like a Dandelion, it is in Asteraceae, the Daisy family, and produces fluffy seed heads which aid wind dispersal of the seeds. Taken by David Palmar.
