Taking the hint about face shots for social wasps I snapped away at a wasp feasting on a Calliphorid fly. I was pleased to see that what I thought was...
Hi there Caught a Rhogogaster sp. of sawfly (01/06/06 V17 - Surrey) on my local Common. I am fairly certain on the genus - but I have no keys to take it...
I have posted three photos of two different Andrena females which I think may be the same species, recorded in my E.Norfolk garden in late April and today....
Scotty, There are seven species of Rhogogaster, plus very similar-looking green sawflies in at least two other genera, so this may be a difficult one to...
Hi folks Just had a male Bombus hypnorum in my Salisbury garden this morning. My first for here! Saw a queen B. rupestris yesterday (also in my garden) and...
Hi Stuart, Martin Harvey and I found one in my garden in Berkshire too, SU542683, feeding on Cotoneaster horizontalis. If you need more info let me know. We...
Hi Malcolm I think there is enough info here to database the finding. Smart beasties aren't they? S __________________________________________________ Do You...
Nothing as exciting as B. hypnorum up here in Leics. However, having just done a "bumblebee walk" on a local reserve, it was interesting to see B. hortorum and...
Since V. bombylans has been mentioned, I will remind folk of the black-bodied, white-tailed form, currently unnamed, that I have found in Highland. There was ...
I found B.rupestris (female) in Walsall, West Midlands last year, not found one in Staffs yet though. Andy Jukes MIEEM Principal Ecologist Staffordshire...
Hello Murdo, We also found another colour form of V. bombylans in Leicester, three or four years ago - yellow front like the plumata form but with a red tail...
Hi Andy I apologise for barging in to Staffs and finding B. rupestris under your noses! Still, it seems to be doing better at the northern edge of its UK range...
This form is known as haemorrhoidalis, Maggie, and I have found it frequently. I suppose it has a passing resemblance to pratorum, but I have never found it a...
Just found two B rupestris on Prees Heath near Whitchurch in Shropshire today, so yes, the species does appear to be doing well in northern parts of its range....
Hi Maggie and Andy We also found a B. rupestris, for the first time last year, in our garden in South Lincs. It was a female, feeding on hellenium. on the...
I photographed a fairly large (>15mm) Nomada sp. yesterday and after a scan of web images have found it to be most similar to Nomada goodeniana. Am I anywhere...
Stuart My guess is your Nomada is a female N.marshamella, though I am fairly new to this so stand to be corrected. I photographed what I think is a female...
A question for the experts Stephanie was watching her H rubicundus colony and noticed that many of the females returning to thier holes were being followed by...
Hi Glad you have decent aggregations of H. rubicundus to work with. George and I found a small one on Portland recently. I suspect these are satellite flies in...
Stuart do you know if there's a key, 'in English' for the Sarcophagidae and will I need genital preps to ID to species? Also, do you know what they're getting...
Hi Brian. I have just put a picture on the HBRG website of just such a beast in an Andrena barbilabris colony (link from the 'Latest news' page. I have had ...
Brian Murdo is probaly more on the ball with this than I am. Best bet is to check out the fly-folk. As to what they are doing in the nest. I suspect they lay...
Hi Brian, You could try the old Royal Ent Soc key to Calliphoridae (which at that time included the Sarcophagidae) http://www.bioimages.org.uk//HTML/B60548.HTM...
Members may not be aware that the Society contributed a case study to the FAO (Food & Agriculture Organisation) of the UN last year. The web page to consult...
... Thanks Murdo et al, I'll have a look at the photo. I've already organised to take a couple of specimens across to the NMS where David will walk me through...
... Tim, Thanks for that. You're not the only person who's suggested N.marshamella, so I'll run with that. I was pleased to get it to Nomada....:) Cheers, ...
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