tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post1326813606935944839..comments2023-12-22T11:51:38.762+01:00Comments on The story of our life returning to England from Braye-sous-Faye: The first butterflies of the yearColin and Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-28374948455116844672012-03-13T22:25:03.060+01:002012-03-13T22:25:03.060+01:00Love the pictures... the Carpenter Bee [or Big Bla...Love the pictures... the Carpenter Bee [or Big Black Bomber as I call it] is one of my favourite insects... and your Brimstone pix are great... lovely insect. And I think your description of a Beefly is superb... it describes it perfectly... but have you noticed that, when two are close together, their hummmms are different... you get a beat frequency...Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-90476081921832052642012-03-13T22:19:06.340+01:002012-03-13T22:19:06.340+01:00Golly Susan... you managed to get your comment in ...Golly Susan... you managed to get your comment in before Colin and Elizabeth had even posted! Were you reading Elizabeth's mind? These strange bloggertimes can play havoc with one's sense of time... We had Peacock, Brimstone, Carpenter Bee and Orange-tip here today. I probably missed others... ploughing!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-6190871689693865832012-03-13T20:50:13.821+01:002012-03-13T20:50:13.821+01:00Lovely shots of a male Violet Carpenter Bee Xyloco...Lovely shots of a male Violet Carpenter Bee Xylocopa violacea, clearly showing his orange antennae tips. I got shots of one foraging at Wild Grapehyacinth today, and 5 species of butterflies. I think your hummingbird/shrew/bee hybrid !??! :-)) was probably a Dark Edged Beefly Bombylius major - they were out in numbers here for the first time this year.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com