I agree, I have a Coolpix 4500 which takes superb macros [although I say so myself!]. They stopped production a year [or more] ago but you should be able to...
There ae a good number of compact digital cameras that can take excellent macroshots. A particularly useful feature of some is a swivel-screen, so try to get...
Hello I have a question about the cuckoo bumblebees. How should I write Bombus / psithyrus vestalis or Bombus (psithyrus) vestalis ? or Bombus vestalis...
Dear Pierre, Given that the change happened some time ago I now just write Bombus vestalis. Soon after such an event (until I thought it would be "common...
In the photo album "Adrian knowles" is a photo of Mellinus arvensis (taken by Nick Owens) of a Mellinus arvensis from Kelling Heath in Norfolk. It appears to...
Hi Brian I cant knock my old Canon G6 which has a Macro and Super Macro Function I suspect the G10 and G11 have carried this tradition on The G10 has 14 MB and...
In the New Guinea Highlands in 1979 I saw bees carrying water droplets out of a nest in a metal rotary clothes line after a rainstorm, Jim ... From:...
If you use Yahoo Messenger (chat application) and are signed-in it will then say online. Also a smiley yellow face will appear instead of the blue sleepy one. ...
Hello dear Adrian The explanation of Alan are right and you can remove yahoo messenger is easy ! Thank you for your advice on writing a case psythirus. Also...
Hi Adrian, Are you sure this is fluid? - there appears to be a central 'break' or hole below the top of the hind leg (or this could just be an illusion)- could...
Hornets are wasps (albeit whacking great big ones!). The pic is of a male Vespula Cheers, Stuart  ... Stuart Roberts Chairman BWARS www.bwars.com Hornets...
Further to Stuart's reply, one can eliminate the wasp Genus Dolichovespula on account of the small malar space in the photo specimen. This is the yellow gap...
Thank you for all that information. It really helps to know the specifics to look for. Can anyone recommend a good identification guide book for beginners...
Hi all, I am looking at Andrena nigrospina in south staffs and trying to find out a bit more about the bee. The site (highgate common) is a lowland heath...
sorry guys, it appears that i haven't editted my account to reflect some changes to my contact details. The email you should use if you need to is: ...
Lynne, Don't know if you are a member of BWARS, but if you join you'll get a free Members Handbook that includes lots of info on identification guides and...
Can anyone tell me what this is - photos in "jon's wasps" album. I found it dead indoors in Derbyshire last week. Doesn't match anything in my id guides....
Looks like a species of Dolichovespula, and my tentative guess would be Dolichovespula sylvestris. The colouring is slighty strange - could it have been dead a...
Hi This photo was taken by my friend . Can you please identify this somebody CHitra 1 of 1 Photo(s) [image: Cyanthillium cinereum (Ash Fleabane) I2 ...
It's a species of Ceratina in the C. hieroglyphica group I think. ... Stuart Roberts Chairman BWARS www.bwars.com ________________________________ From: Chitra...
These are south east Asian species -and this pic is from India! S ... Stuart Roberts Chairman BWARS www.bwars.com ________________________________ From:...
Thank you Martin. I am going to set myself the challenge of identifying and recording all the Bees, wasps and Ants I come across in my garden and at my...
Hello everyone, This summer in Hungary I watched a wasp, (which as a novice, I believe may be one of the Pompilidae) build several cigar shaped clay cells,...
YEs, the photo was taken in Anantagiri forest of Andhra Pradesh India. THank you for the ID. Chitra ... YEs, the photo was taken in Anantagiri forest of Andhra...
I have just received a request from Dr Steve Martin at Sheffield University who is currently working on chemical recognition in bumblebees. If anyone can help...
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