For the past year or so I have been accumulating data for Scottish aculeates. The result is now available at www.hbrg.org.uk/SAL, where you can download...
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Libor Dvor(ák
libordvorak
Jan 2, 2008 2:09 pm
Hi Murdo! Let me inform you about one Vespid mistake in your Scottish checklist. Polistes gallicus is incorrect name based on misidentification of Linnaeus'...
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Murdo Macdonald
eristalinus
Jan 2, 2008 4:30 pm
Thank you Libor - that will be the first change for v.1.0.3! M. The **BRAND NEW 2007 supplement** to the Highland Bumblebee atlas is now available for free...
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bwars@yahoogroups.com
Jan 6, 2008 6:01 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the bwars group. File : /Simon...
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Charles David
charles_davi...
Jan 6, 2008 6:22 pm
Dear Simon This is the hoverfly Xylota segnis, common in the Channel Islands Best wishes Charles David ... From: bwars@yahoogroups.com...
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Simon Robson
cefn42
Jan 6, 2008 6:48 pm
Thanks for the speedy reply Charles As a amateur I did not recognise it as a Hoverfly or I would have asked a hoverfly forum, lucky for me you know your...
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Cor Zonneveld
corzonneveld
Jan 7, 2008 6:55 pm
Hi All, Last year, I started photographing wasps and bees, mainly in Holland. I now have collected the main results in a web page, www.corzonneveld.nl . Please...
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Bernard
gordon887077
Jan 7, 2008 8:03 pm
Hi Marc went to Hayle (Cornwall) again this afternoon and Bombus terrestris queens and white-tailed two-banded workers still gathering pollen from Mahonia, am...
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sten55@...
carabusuk
Jan 7, 2008 9:59 pm
I am not too good at Hymenoptera ID but I really like the photography. I especially like the Philanthus triangulum - excellent close-ups. Don...
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Mike Fox
antfoxuk
Jan 8, 2008 8:24 pm
Hi As ant record coordinator I am sometimes sent records with site names but no grid references. For mainland UK I can usually find the site on an ordinance...
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Simon Robson
cefn42
Jan 8, 2008 8:40 pm
Hi Mike You are not alone it's just as annoying when you live in the Channel Islands, as a beginner just starting out in recording it's a nightmare. In the end...
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mick massie
mick_massie
Jan 8, 2008 9:10 pm
Hello Mike, you can't use OSGB references for Channel Islands (the refs are negative down there). You will have to use lat and lon, which you can get from...
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Stuart Roberts
eucera
Jan 8, 2008 11:24 pm
Hi Mike Channel Islands... Ho hum!! I use 2 methods for tracking down CI Grid refs: 1) Google Earth. All Channel Island grid refs are UTM references usually...
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Andrew Jarman
polyergus1
Jan 9, 2008 9:12 pm
As usual I'm arriving late for the party! Although clearly a queen, I don't think this is Camponotus - to me it looks very different from herculeanus and...
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drdejackson
Jan 10, 2008 10:27 am
I am in favour of Camponotus ligniperdus at the moment, as was suggested by another member. Compare this image from Antweb, ...
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Mike Fox
antfoxuk
Jan 10, 2008 12:23 pm
I agree with Andrew that it does not look much like a Camponotus queen and is more likely to be a Lasius queen, but umbratus seems unlikely. I suspect it is a...
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Mike Lush
stubbornlyin...
Jan 10, 2008 5:44 pm
I'm starting to think that trying to accurately identify ants from photos is just too controversial. I'm afraid I just cannot get convinced from photographs,...
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chantal deschepper
lunadeschepper
Jan 10, 2008 6:33 pm
Hi, Today I've difficulties to understand wich genus, family and sort to recognize. Under wasps there are two groups of digger wasps and in different countries...
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thtpt02
Jan 13, 2008 5:28 pm
Hello all, I have posted a photo in Tony's pics and I'm not sure whether it is some sort of Andrena species. I wonder if anyone could help me with this one...
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chantal deschepper
lunadeschepper
Jan 13, 2008 6:00 pm
hi, Is it not a Megachile species? chantal...
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Leslie Hebdon
l_hebdon
Jan 13, 2008 11:36 pm
Hello Tony I think your bee looks very similar to the leaf-cutter bees that were making nests in our garden last summer. (Don't know which Megachile species...
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Libor Dvorak
libordvorak
Jan 14, 2008 9:23 am
Hi all! In files section, you can find the PDF of the published paper with the data of 2006 wasp beer trapping (10Dvorak300.pdf). Libor...
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Nigel Jones
conopid
Jan 14, 2008 11:59 am
Hi, Yes that's definitely a female Megachile. The (orange) scopal hairs on the underside of the abdomen are a good defining feature that separates Megachile...
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Alan Phillips
vespa_zz
Jan 15, 2008 1:49 pm
Hi all. I usually use Excel/Access for recording, but I'm considering switching to dedicated biological recording software such as Mapmate or Recorder. So I...
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Murdo Macdonald
eristalinus
Jan 15, 2008 2:51 pm
Alan - For HBRG data, I use Recorder 2002 as a means of validating names (but many of these are way out of date now, and I believe there will be no further ...
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Mike Lush
stubbornlyin...
Jan 15, 2008 5:34 pm
I know this isn't going to be favoured by many, but I use Google Earth. This is mainly so that it can accommodate non-UK records, but I've also developed a...
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haematocephalus
Jan 15, 2008 9:48 pm
Alan, I use MapMate, which is not perfect (I've yet to see a perfect database!) but does have up-to-date taxonomy, is relatively user- friendly, relatively...
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Alan Phillips
vespa_zz
Jan 16, 2008 1:21 pm
Murdo, Mike, Martin, many thanks for your replies. I intend to use if for organising my own records rather than uploading to NBN Gateway (not sure if...
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haematocephalus
Jan 16, 2008 10:05 pm
Alan, It's true that MapMate imposes a data structure and that you cannot add additional fields to it, but it is very flexible in the way data can be formatted...
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Alan Phillips
vespa_zz
Jan 17, 2008 10:16 am
Martin, Thanks for that - most helpful. BTW, came across a couple of your MapMate analysis query examples on the lrcs.org forum. A couple of useful links for...
