The Bristol team recently became aware of a website called
iSpot (http://www.ispot.org.uk/), an
Internet resource that makes identifying that troublesome butterfly that tiny
bit easier. Unlike Pooter, iSpot is an online community of enthusiastic
naturalists who collaborate to identify of unknown insects one chooses to
upload, with identifications reviewed by other members to ensure it is correct.
The Bristol team tested iSpot out with the photograph above. We saw this
wonderful insect in an allotment in north Bristol, huddling from the wind. It
was large (about an inch long), a very hoverfly-like head with large eyes, but
the two pairs of wings us back to bee. Do you know what it is?
Undecided, we submitted it to iSpot. Not 12 hours later – success!
A positive identification came back as a honey bee drone. iSpot is wonderful online community that all of us at Bristol have joined. And we suggest you do too.
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