Hi Colin, As others have already said, your pics are of a Conops sp. I've put a photo of a mating pair of Conops quadrifasciatus [in "Maggies pics" file]....
Hi Stuart Maggie and Greg Thanks for the input on the conopods... and yes a cheerful group of very helpful folk !!! All interesting stuff . More BWARS to...
... Has anyone seen this happening? I have taken many pictures of Sicus ferrugineus poised in a crouching position on leaves as if ready to pounce. I read that...
Hi all, I'm trying to locate a copy of the out of print: Spider Wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 6/4). Tried...
I caught a wasp investigating the soil in a flower-pot here in my garden in mid-Bucks today, and was rather surprised to find it keys out as Gorytes...
I have uploaded 3 photos into Gordon album http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/bwars/photos/browse/8532?c= The photos were taken in South East England on...
Hi Gordon Nice pictures - but not a leafcutter species, which is probably why you havn't seen them carrying any leaves back. These are the Blue Mason Bee...
Hi Matt Many thanks for that. I was wrong as usual. There are quite a number of them and it is entertaining just watching them. They are nesting in gaps which...
I've placed into http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/bwars/photos/browse/a60f (Photos/KGB) photos of two Bedfordshire heathland Chrysididae I've found in the...
Hi The H. niemelai looks ok to me! I am told it is having a good year. I have found it commonly enough on heathland in the past wherever there are good numbers...
Alan, It's only a small tome, so I could photo copy my copy for you, if you like. Not sure how legal this is, but I cannot imagine anyone will seriously object...
Oh, if only I was young and did not need a decent wage!!! ... <http://www.environmentjob.co.uk/logos/BTCVScotlandLogo.gif> ... your passion into a profession. ...
Quite so Nigel!! Who will undertake the training and how long does this training period run? The application form didn't seem very specific on these points to...
Duration 18 months; November 2007 - June 2008, based at National Museums Liverpool. Mentors: Guy Knight, Carl Cree. July 2008 - October 2008, field based...
I caught a wasp near Stalham in NE Norfolk today that keys out clearly as the very rare Odynerus simillimus. Can anyone confirm the ID before I get too...
... Thanks for the confirmation Stuart. Cerceris rybyensis and C.arenaria were both present. (Odd that Morgan doesn't mention the red on the thorax which is so...
Hello Keith There is a colouring difference between the sexes. I think it is the male with the red markings on the thorax and the female all green/blue. Hope I...
I have uploaded some pictures of a leafcutter, which has been very busy in a bee block in the garden for the last three days. It does look quite similar to...
Dear Tim. Congratulations! If the tegulae are rounded apically, it is Odynerus. I did not see this extremely rare species yet, but I think, it is really...
Guys Certainly looks like O. simillimus... but there are more experienced hands than me!. Quite a bit of work has been done on this species in East Anglia....
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