By Pimpernel
Lancashire,
United Kingdom
Can any one ID this wasp or hoverfly please....l


26 Jun, 2012
Answers
head looks waspish going by the antennae. will ahve another look in my wasp book tonight.
26 Jun, 2012
It looks like a sawfly. Not quite Arge ustulata -see
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinpendragon/5804490010/
- but something similar.
27 Jun, 2012
Thanks Longleaf: It is the same family
I have just had an email back from an expert. He says it is a Sawfly, but as the group is so complex it is impossible to tell from a photograph.
27 Jun, 2012
glad it is id'd as I forgot to look last night. oops sorry.
27 Jun, 2012
It looks like a newly emerged insect?
26 Jun, 2012