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Yellow Dung Fly on Creeping thistle
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) feeds on other flies as well as nectar and even the dung that they breed on. This one was seen on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), RSPB Loch Lomond Nature Reserve.
27 August 2015
Alpine Blue Sow Thistle near Grantown, Speyside
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Golden Dung Fly on an Alpine Blue Sow Thistle (Cicerbita alpina) near Grantown, Speyside, taken by David Palmar
28 July 2023
Yellow-haired Sun Fly or Batman Hoverfly, Castlemilk Park
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Glasgow - Castlemilk Park
Yellow-haired Sun Fly or Batman Hoverfly (Myathopa florea) in Castlemilk Park, taken by David Palmar
Great Yellow Bumblebee on Common knapweed, Balranald
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) on Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) at RSPB Balranald Nature Reserve, North Uist. The distinguishing feature of this rare bee is the band of black hairs across the thorax where the wings join the body.
05 August 2017
Great Yellow Bumblebee on Red Clover, Balranald
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) on Red Clover (Trifolium pratense), Balranald RSPB nature reserve, North Uist. One of Britain's rarest bumblebees, the Great Yellow is now restricted to some Scottish islands and the very north of Scotland. It has a particular association with nectar producing plants such as Red Clover and Bird's Foot Trefoil.
04 August 2017
Common Bluebottle at Fernbrae Meadows
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Glasgow - South
Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga sp.) at Fernbrae Meadows
02 June 2024
Broad Centurion Soldier Fly, Fernbrae Meadows
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154
Glasgow - South
Broad Centurion (Chloromyia formosa), a type of Soldier Fly, at Fernbrae Meadows, South Lanarkshire
02 June 2024
Yellow Shell moth, Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire
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South Lanarkshire - Auchlochan
Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata) moth, Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire
