... 9,500 feet in Colorado: I think that's an asilid. Ones that look similar (all black and yellow) were common when I was in northeastern Illinois. So yes I...
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Charles Guevara
icecilliate123
Jun 10, 2012 5:21 pm
 thanks for the direction to an ID, Doug.  http://xa.yimg.com/kg/groups/17598545/sn/466515752/name/042jpg       err...please try this link?!! ...
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Charles Guevara
icecilliate123
Jun 10, 2012 5:43 pm
  thanks, David and Doug...the images I captured (eegad...to link to the forum photos...what is going on?!)...indeed it's a robber fly.  my CNY specimen...
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Charles Guevara
icecilliate123
Jun 10, 2012 5:46 pm
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Charles Guevara
icecilliate123
Jun 10, 2012 5:48 pm
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Charles Guevara
icecilliate123
Jun 10, 2012 5:50 pm
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Charles Guevara
icecilliate123
Jun 10, 2012 5:54 pm
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Riddle,T Charles
tcri@...
Jun 11, 2012 1:55 pm
This one in my neck of the woods where B. impatiens and B. fraternus are common is reasonably abundant in crape myrtle, sits on the flowers and grabs B....
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Liz Day
fraternobombus
Jun 11, 2012 8:01 pm
... I had thought the mimicry was "directed"; at predators of the robber fly such as birds, since the fly spends a lot of time sitting on leaves. Liz Day ...
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Jack Neff
jlnatctmi
Jun 11, 2012 10:16 pm
I've always assumed the Bombus mimicking asilids are Batesian mimics given where they hang out and what kind of potential prey items are available. Usually...
Dictated using Dragon software, so watch for strange word swaps! All: The BIML lab sees a need for an identification product that falls between a field guide...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Jun 13, 2012 8:43 pm
All I am thinking that the Chanda Henne account has been hacked. I would suggest not clicking on the link that was just sent out. I'm temporarily dropping this...
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Charles Guevara
icecilliate123
Jun 14, 2012 1:02 am
  Thanks all for fleshing out my delightful first-time encounter with that predatory robber-fly 'bumble-bee mimic'.    Thanks Liz and Jack for the...
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Jonathan Koch
vosnesenskii
Jun 18, 2012 6:25 pm
Hi all, I am looking for studies that discuss the pollination efficiency or effectiveness of *Hylaeus* spp. (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Considering their...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Jun 19, 2012 4:41 pm
All: Below is an announcement for the upcoming BioBlitz at Rocky Mountains this August. These are fun events and Judy has mentioned that they are desperate...
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Neil Stanley Cobb
neil.cobb@...
Jun 20, 2012 2:49 pm
Sam, Developing these types of guides are important and provide a valuable alternative to keys. You suggest that people can make guides to fit their needs,...
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Julie Tennis
julietennis@...
Jun 25, 2012 7:55 pm
Hello, I'm looking for some leads in picking up insurance for my bees. Any suggestions? Thank you, Julie Tennis...
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Charles
icecilliate123
Jun 25, 2012 8:30 pm
Hi all, our EPA next week issues a decision on the usage/ or the bann of Clothianidin. So many 'polinator groups' are 'buzzing'...adviseing the ban of this...
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Dave Hunter
dave@...
Jun 25, 2012 8:47 pm
Clothianidin is toxic to solitary bees as well. I'd add imidacloprid to the list as toxic to both honey bee and solitary bee. It would be nice to rise up one...
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Julie Tennis
julietennis@...
Jun 25, 2012 9:14 pm
To clarify: I am looking for insurance to cover my honeybees. I'm particularly interested in liability insurance. Thanks!...
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Wilson, Michael E
mwilso14
Jun 26, 2012 1:20 pm
Check with your homeowner's insurance. Farm Bureau covers honey bee liability (injuries to other people) just like they would cattle or other livestock, if you...
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Peter Bernhardt
bernhap2@...
Jun 27, 2012 7:00 pm
Ahh, to be young and Australian or New Zealish (but you can't have it all). Peter *PhD Scholarship (Australia): Re-building Plant-Pollinator Interaction ...
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Stoner, Kimberly
Kimberly.Stoner@...
Jun 28, 2012 2:02 pm
Hi Dave and group, Here is a timely paper (just published on-line last night) about movement of imidacloprid and thiamethoxam, two neonicotinoid insecticides,...
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David Inouye
dwinouye
Jun 28, 2012 4:52 pm
http://jtlcorp.com/05pss/digitebox.html An alternative light box for macro work. David Inouye Dr. David W. Inouye, Professor Associate Chair, Director of...
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Robert Jean
beeman_4602
Jul 2, 2012 6:33 pm
Dear all, I recently was walking around a farm field and stumbled across a large Dialictus colony (I believe they are Lasioglossum versatum). The nest...
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Doug Yanega
dyanega@...
Jul 2, 2012 7:57 pm
... Many of the primitively eusocial halictines are capable of forming large, dense aggregations, but it requires a fairly special and stable set of conditions...
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Cane, Jim
Jim.Cane@...
Jul 2, 2012 9:33 pm
Rob- Other Kansas folks published detailed studies of this bee: life histories, nesting and sociality, both Mich as well as Suzanne Batra. I found them listed...
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John Ascher
limon_cocha
Jul 2, 2012 10:05 pm
Jim, Thanks for sending the citation, but please note that the work at Kansas pertains at least in part not to true L. versatum (=rohweri) but rather to a...
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Sam Droege
sam_droege
Jul 3, 2012 6:40 pm
All: This year I was in the position of training a number of people to collect bees with a net as part of a pollinator web study in the Badlands of South ...
