Murdo There is a handy free key available for mite identification on http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~srivast/mites/key.html It seems to work OK, but mites are never...
Dear all, I have added some of my unknowns to the DRS pics files. If you fancy a scan I would love some feedback on them. I've met a few of you on the other...
Remember those keys have been produced by "a team of ecologists working with microarthropod communities within moss patches in Southwest British Columbia." We...
Hi all I have a number of these wasps(?) hanging around a decaying log in my back garden. The wasps have been around for around 6 or 7 days now. They are ...
Paul Your wasp looks like a male Ectemnius. I find these can be identified with a 10x hand lens (using the key in Yeo and Corbet) after a spell in the fridge, ...
Hi Tim I will net another tomorrow and chill it down in the fridge and take a few more photos. I left it in the fridge for an hour today and thought I had...
Hi, i've uploaded a few images of three bees in the files section, 'Richard Thomas' folder - one i thought may be Andrena minituloides - would anybody agree or...
Hi Richard The tiddly ones I'm not sure about. Are they even Andrena rather than Halictines of some sort? Even if they are Andrenas, it is impossible to...
Thanks for that pointer, Duncan. It is a neat system. I have zeroed in on the Uropodid mites, but not to species yet (if ever!). Murdo See the new Highland...
Hi Stuart, thanks for this - given my track record i'm more than likely wrong! I'll have a look at the Halictine bees. Thanks for the other pointers - i'll...
Hi everyone, I was having difficulty posting messages and putting pics in "Maggie's pics" file; so here's the latest successful attempt. - a melanic B....
I took photos on 5th July 2006 in Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL that you can see here: www.flickr.com/photos/omeuceu/182643045/ - Polistes sp. ?Do you agree? ...
Could anyone provide me with any information or an online resource on leaf cutter bees? All I know so far is that the females creates a cell within a tunnel,...
Hi Susie, George Else did keys and information on Leafcutters in British Wildlife, Volume 10, Number 6, August 1999. Leafcutters are active at present in my...
Many thanks, Maggie, and yes, they certainly are fun to watch. Kindest regards, Susie ... by ... and ... on ... resource ... full. ... is ... following ... at ...
Nigel - I noticed that there is a 'File' area where there are lots of photographs, including Maggie's which explains some confusion I experienced previously. ...
Hello Andrew, Glad you found my pics. I'm not v. good at this computer lark and I just followed instructions and that's where my pics ended up. Recently, I'm...
Hi all I was out today looking at a small site near West Wellow in Hampshire (SU306182). Around mid-afternoon I was very pleased to find a male Bombus...
The things we do in the cause of science;o) Cheers, Steve [VC7/8] http://www.wiltshiredragonflies.org.uk/ This mail is a natural product. The slight variation...
Hi All, I came across a very large nesting aggregation of Ancistrocerus (not identified to species yet, but I have taken vouchers)wasps today. There were...
There's been a sudden flurry of territorial activity around the Purple Toadflax, Digitalis ferruginea and Stachys lanata - male and female wool carder bees...
Hi Matt I was very interested to read your report of B.hypnorum seen at West Wellow, Hants on July 13. We attended the First Bumble Bee walk in Southern...
Hi Nigel, Constant patrolling all afternoon by the male. I've put 3 pics in my "Maggie's Pics" file. I found a small bumble down below in the cat's water...
Hi, i've posted a few images of wasps (solitary and social) and bees in the Files section, Richard Thomas folder. I've had a go at identification, but have run...
Hi Richard, I don't think it will be possible to be 100% sure that its the common wasp as we can't see the face, but I read somewhere that the common wasp...
Hi Richard ... Mine ... It is a red wasp Vespula rufa. The English name is somewhat confusing because Dolichovespula norwegica also has red patches on the side...
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