European wood carder bee

Yes it is, sardinia is such a beautiful place, wild and nature is home here!
I'm glad you visited, at the beginning thought you were sardinian but then I saw you're not :-)

Thank you very much Sa C. I think Sardinia is an absolutely amazing place, you're lucky to live there!

Elsa this is amazing..you took that pic in our beautiful region, we are not that far..I'll check out your page to see more if you add

Updated :) Thanks for the compliment ShraddhaGaikwad!

Yep, nailed it!! Thanks alot! Will update accordingly. Appreciate the good work!

Great shot!

I think you nailed it wonju.brian. nice work!

Anthidium manicatum?

I vote for some kind of wasp. It doesn´t look too hoverflylike to me - the thorax markings, the head and the shape of eyes would suggest a wasp... I´ll do some digging! :))

Thanks Wonju.brian - I googled that one and it's a good suggestion however the eyes are dissimilar and the one in these pictures seems hairier and chunkier. What do you think?

It isn't a hoverfly. Looks like vespula germanica?

I'm having trouble identifying this one as I can't decide whether it is a wasp or a hoverfly. The behaviour was unmistakably hoverfly-like (hovering) but the face and eyes were wasp-like. Any thoughts?

Thank you Marta! I still need to get you the ID guide, I'll try to find when home from vacation :) hope you're having a nice summer!

Is very nice, Elsa!

Thank you HemantKumar, you have some pretty amazing shots I must say! I added a third one which didn't upload properly in the first round :)

brilliant capture both are master piece well done