Dear Chas, The fusca are actually Lasius niger queens. They will have just removed their wings after their mating flights and are now looking for nest sites....
Hi Andrew, Thank you for the answer, I had ruled out Lasius niger because although there were a number of them about as queens with their wings still attached...
Hi Folks I have put a photo of a Mason wasp I recently snapped at Axmouth-Lyme Regis NNR in the photos section in a folder called Andrew Whitehouse. Does...
Further to my last message, current suggested species are Ancistrocerus oviventris or scoticus on account of the shape of the eyes and yellow marks on the...
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I have loaded 4 photos into Gordon's photo album. They were taken today 04/07/06 in South East England. The underside of the abdomen was orange I was unable to...
It looks to be a very small female bee of the Megachilidae. The orange colour is the visible scopal hairs - on the venter of the gaster as usual for the...
Many thanks Grace for the assistance At least I identified it as a bee. I'll go back to my key and try working backwards. I was quite intrigued to find that it...
Does anybody know of any research on high density nesting amongst the social wasps. Where I currently live in North Staffordshire, my own garden has 5...
Dear Gordon, I think you did very well with the identification. You correctly identified the bee as a member of the Megachilidae. In the field the females of...
Dear Andrew Many thanks for the explanation. It has given me a bit of homework to do. Not that I am complaining. For information my siting was just along the...
The Lasius niger are flying here in Sheffield today. Donisthorpe says its 'always' between 4th and 9th August. Please keep an eye out and perhaps we could...
Duncan, Here in Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Staffordshire, Lasius niger have been flying for the past three days which makes that the 3rd August. I've also...
Lasius niger and L flavus flying here in Greywell, Hampshire (VC12) on 28th July and in Westbury on Trym, Bristol on 3rd August. Paul ... From: drdejackson To:...
Lasius ruginodis was flying here in East Sussex today. Last year, in exactly the same spot in our garden, this species flew 11 days later on 17 August. ...
Dear group Just uploaded three pictures of a wasp found in garden just south of Dumfries sent to me by one of our local recorders. They have tentatively...
Lasius flavus usually flies a week before L niger. I have asked around and the earliest I have heard for niger is 26th July. Latest fron previous years is also...
Duncan, With ref to request for further data on Lasius niger nuptials:- Own Garden, Maybank nr Newcastle, Staffordshire. Low-moderate Humidity Approx 25-30%...
I have recorded Lasus niger nuptial flights in my garden in West London since 1995 and the dates have ranged from 4 July (2004) to 29 August (1998). There has...
It looks like austriaca to me, Mark. The only other with the 3 dots on the clypeus is germanica, which has extensive yellow beside the eyes, and 4 spots on...
... There'a a widely quoted Wikipedia article on this subject, which states:"Disparities between local weather conditions can cause nuptial flights to be out...
I have a line of large shiny black ants outside my office (an old barn in Bath) which I believe to be Lasius fuliginosus, however we are some way from any...
Dear Chris Temperature and humidity preferences ARE significantly correlated with different ant species' nuptial flight times (Boomsma & Leusink.1981....
Hi. I don't really know very much about bees, but I had an interesting experience, and I wondered if this was a normal thing or not. My family and I were...
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