Hi all Anyone who is interested in bumblebees may like to use the BBC Listen Again facility to listen to today's (Thursday 1 Nov) edition of BBC Radio 4 "The...
Many thanks for that Martin. I have uploaded a pic of the wing detail to my folder at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bwars/files/SJC/ so hopefully that...
Hello Steve, As a bumble gardener, I find the Antenna article fascinating. Something more to look out for next summer! 'bye for now, Maggie ... Listen ... BBC ...
Morning all! Lars Chittka and Heather Witney spoke very well on the Material World programme didn't they? Heather's research has been very much on nectar...
Hi All Earlier this year I read newspaper warnings of Oriental Hornets invading Southern Britain. I visited the Isles of Scilly during October of this year and...
Dear Harold. Your animal is really Oriental Hornet (Vespa orientalis). Can you send me, please, the exact locality and the date of the photo? I plan to publish...
Hi Harry Possible confusion regarding the reports back in the spring: 1) Lots of reports of "Giant Oriental Hornet" (Vespa mandarina) in April immediately...
Hi Stuart, sorry but I missed the progeamme, you rightly say that honeybees concentrate on nectar, but so as no-one is mislead would like to point out that I...
Steve, Yes, as far as I can tell that wing venation, along with the colour, confirms it as Mellinus arvensis. I've only seen females of this species, and they...
Martin I have found Mellinus arvensis one of the easiest solitary wasp species to identify in the field - no other species with a black and yellow abdomen has ...
What Dipteran prey does Mellinus take - or does it take what it can get in November? I note several species of Syrphidae are still on the wing, which is common...
... The photo of the hornet was taken in Cyprus near Pathos on the Tomb of the King road.They had come down to drink at a small water flow that flowed into tne...
Many thanks Martin [and Tim], that narrow first segment is a good tip. I've now got the Naturalists Handbook 3 'Solitary Wasps' and it shows that well compared...
Hi Steve ... Basically "Yes" (assuming you will restrict yourself to UK)... The only things it won't be able to do are some male Pemphredons and the genus...
That's great, thanks Stuart. I think I'll be taking on enough trying to get to grips with the UK species! Is M. arvensis a fairly common and widespread species...
Steve, The BWARS members' handbook describes Mellinus arvensis as a "universal" species, not sure what the distribution on Mars or Alpha Centauri is like but...
Dear Harry. ID of the animal from Scilly is easy. I suppose you know hornet from England. Compare it with the Oriental hornet from your picture from Cyprus....
Thanks for that Martin, I'm surprised there are no records for Wilts. I know we [like most counties I suspect] don't have many active recorders - well,...
Hi All, can anyone put a name to 'Bee1'; pics in Files - Debbie in Hampshire. Found drowning on 6-Jun-2006 in my garden in Gosport. I thought Melecta albifrons...
It does appear to be melecta albifrons. You can just make out the white hair patches on the sides of the tergites. Andy ... Andy Jukes Principal Ecologist ...
Hi Andy, thanks for that. Regards, Debbie ... white hair patches on the sides of the tergites. ... Hampshire. ... Melecta albifrons at first, but the antennae...
Yesterday (21st Nov), I was only a little surprised to see a female Mellinus arvensis carrying a fly back to her burrow in a sandpit in East Norfolk. The day...
HI all, I am working on biodiveristy of arthropods in rice ecosystem. I am getting a number of micro hymenopterans (egg parasitoids). Can sombody advice me as...
Two BWARS workshops to help members identify various genera of bees are being held in March 2008. Details at: http://www.bwars.com/2008_workshops.htm Nigel...
Hello, Can any one help with ID of this insect (link below)? I don't have a clue at all, despite hours trawling the web so would be grateful for even the ...
hi, Maybe a sort of spiderwasp - Pompilidae ? chantal Op 7-dec-07, om 10:05 heeft Kathleen Rosewarne/Ian Barton het ... hi, Maybe a sort of spiderwasp...
Thanks for the suggestion Chantal. Ian _____ From: bwars@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bwars@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of chantal deschepper Sent: 07 December 2007...
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