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richard.spicer.7906

St Albans based, career changer and studying Horticulture. Bulb addict, South African plant fan and converted succulent lover

Plant Name Prunus laurocerasus

 

Cherry Laurel

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  • Season Icon Early SpringEarly Spring 2016
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katgreen

@richard.spicer.7906 πŸ˜†πŸ˜€πŸ˜

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tiggrx

Beautiful picture! It's a dronefly not a bee though.

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richard.spicer.7906

😱 - I shall change my # then πŸ‘πŸΌ #dronefly

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crestiesneuk

I decided to 🀐 it! haha I feel so bad correcting someone πŸ™ It is still a gorgeous picture though 😍

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richard.spicer.7906

Haha indeed, I know what you mean, but it's honestly no worries for me and helps me learn. I should have realised by the number of wings, so I'm glad he spotted it and corrected. I'll put my specs on next time πŸ€“πŸ‘πŸΌ @tiggrx @crestiesneuk

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rusty

I didn't know either, but I suppose he/she does have rather beady eyes. All the better for seeing us with πŸ‘€

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brightcolours

There's probably lots of wrongly identified "bees"... 😳

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richard.spicer.7906

I used to see a lot of people incorrectly label or tag hover flies as bees, which to me are much easier to distinguish from these other mimics - purely because of their hover. A bee will apparently always have more than two wings @rusty @brightcolours

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juliesgarden

Looks like he has sunglasses on 😎😎 πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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richard.spicer.7906

If you look close enough @juliesgarden you can see the reflection of my garden in his eyes!

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richard.spicer.7906

Great isn't it! πŸ˜† @katgreen

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richard.spicer.7906

Aw, thanks @latebloomer 😊

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