On 2009-06-06 18:48:07 +0100, bob said:

On Sat, 6 Jun 2009 18:19:29 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-06-06 18:02:08 +0100, bob said:

On Sat, 6 Jun 2009 16:00:42 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-06-06 14:28:54 +0100, bob said:

can someone id this please?

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...r/IMG_2409.jpg

Only ever spotted on the cistus.

Try Trichius rosaceus in a Google image search.
http://www.pbase.com/zazen94/image/79321942
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- thanks Sacha - you got it in one.

I'm not that good! I've never seen it before so I did some Googling.
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I thought this might be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Perhaps you knew where to start. What was your initial search?

What a question.... I think I started with spotted wing bee, then bee
on cistus, misled by the furry bits. But somewhere at the back of my
mind the legs were ringing a faint bell and 'chafer' was lurking so
then I put that in. I went through a few Google pages before coming up
with that one but in reality, it didn't take too long. So in that
sense, I did know where to start - chafer was my proper kick off point
and the bee thing was a diversion.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon