Hi Maggie The South Pennines is not a noted insect hot spot, but we do have several solitary bees and wasps (which I am not qualified to ID to species level). ...
Hello all. Can anybody help me in my quest for nesting aggregations of the mining bee Halictus rubicundus? I have a picture of the little critter on my website...
Hi guys, Steve's wasp is pretty close to mine, although I think that the thorax of my examples is a paler brown--local variation or distinct subspecies? (I had...
... I looked at Steve's pic and I think it matches the ones that I've been seeing in the garden. So mine are probably N. goodeniana too. [I have taken a...
... several solitary bees and wasps (which I am not qualified to ID to species level). ... feet but has been specially designed to attract insects. I also have...
Many thanks Stuart. Was busy working most of the weekend but managed a short visit to a nearby NT reserve at Hinton Parva [Hinton Coombes]. A lovely chalk...
Steve I'll bet that black haired "bumblebee" with orange legs and a long tongue was a female Anthophora plumipes with a heavy pollen load. See my photo at: ...
Steve wrote: I'll bet that black haired "bumblebee" with orange legs and a long tongue was a female Anthophora plumipes with a heavy pollen load. See my photo...
Yes! That was it! Thanks Nigel, the size looks spot on scaling it against the Pulmonaria flower it's in on your photo. What threw me off the scent of it being...
Steve, The fast flight is a good indication of Anthophora too. they really zip about. I too am very self conscious when carrying my (non collapsible) net...
I agree, Nigel, normally I don't have *too* much of a problem with justification - when I'm on my own. But yesterday my wife accompanied me and I wanted to...
I find that collecting horseflies always meets with universal approval! -- ... justification - when I'm on my own. But yesterday my wife accompanied me and I...
Yes, and using a net is much less painful than using your arm as bait;o) Steve.[VC7/8] This mail is a natural product. The slight variation in spelling and ...
Thanks Stuart, but it was Nigel who posted that not me - I was the ignoramus;o) By the way, I have several different Pulmonaria cultivars in the garden, ...
... bait;o) ... My son used the latter technique to net horseflies and I always thought he was pushing his luck! They are sneaky enough without tempting...
Hi all The easiest way to avoid net embarrassment is to wear a fisherman's waistcoat when out in the field. Pockets all over the dammed thing for storing pots...
Hi Malcolm Unfortunately not, they only sell the "fashionable" type that goes with all the combat and camouflage gear that people seem obssesed with wearing...
I prefer the shaven head, menacing-wide eyed look when on public sites. People are always too scared to come up to you then! Works a treat. Andy Jukes MIEEM ...
By the time I've got my net, bins, magnifying glass, suitable containers of various sizes to put things in , a note pad and pen to jot down my findings, a...
Dear Group Members Buglife have recently launched a new project to study the invertebrates of coastal soft rock cliffs in the UK. This project, which is funded...
Hello, Someone contacted us yesterday with a record of Melecta Luctuosa, ( he says the White hairs on it's thorax lead to this ID.) Firstly is this a likely...
Hi Lizzy, Melecta luctuosa is a very rare species in Britain, indeed it is very likely to be extinct, with no confirmed record for at least 70 years+ACE- There...
Hi Elizabeth I suspect this might be a case of matching observations with a picture in Chinery. However, there are no definite records of M. luctuosa anywhere...
Thank you George and Stuart, I thought it was unlikely to be Melecta luctuosa, though I didn't realise it was extinct. I haven't spoken to the guy yet, it was...
Thanks Maggie, at least that reassures me they *could* be here.. Perhaps I've just not been observant enough. Cheers, Steve.[VC7/8] This mail is a natural...
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