... You've mentioned that Stylops cause infected specimens to emerge much earlier than "clean" ones. I was wondering whether there was any other behavioural...
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Stuart Roberts
eucera
Feb 20, 2008 6:27 pm
... Hi James The sort of thing you might SEE is illustrated in the pic taken 10 days ago in Belgium of a stylopised female of Andrena vaga. This is a female...
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Murdo Macdonald
eristalinus
Feb 20, 2008 8:42 pm
You can see another picture, very similar to Stuart's, in MAM pics in the forum. That one is on female A. subopaca. Murdo The **BRAND NEW 2007 supplement** to...
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bargbarg2001
Feb 24, 2008 8:06 pm
Hi My first post here and needless to say it involves a request. I'd like to improve my knowledge of the other creatures that end up in my garden moth trap....
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sfgfarmer
Feb 24, 2008 9:29 pm
Hallo everyone Today we visited the Heather Gardens at Windsor Great Park (SU96). Just before midday we saw a second very early Bombus hypnorum queen, She was...
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Malcolm Storey
bioimages2000
Feb 25, 2008 11:51 am
Hi Dave, Best of luck with ichneumons! There aren't many people who do these. Gavin Broad at NHM is your best bet. His key to subfamilies can be downloaded...
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Darrel Watts
dw1305
Feb 26, 2008 11:20 am
Hi all, I've got Gavin's comments about Ophion obscuratus in front of me as write this. He says that any winter caught Ophion, with the distinctive yellow...
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louisehislop51
Feb 27, 2008 10:42 pm
Hi all I am new to solitary bee id and would appreciate some help and confirmation of ids to give me confidence that i am on the right track. I have posted...
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Peat, Lizzy
lizzy_peat
Feb 28, 2008 12:18 am
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7258822.stm Just noticed this article. Interesting stuff, Best, Lizzy Peat Assistant Ecologist Hampshire Biodiversity...
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sten55@...
carabusuk
Feb 28, 2008 6:23 am
Hi Louise I can't help with the bees but your beetle is Ptinus fur, otherwise known as the 'White-marked spider beetle'. It is a member of the Ptinidae, most...
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Libor Dvoák
libordvorak
Feb 28, 2008 9:36 am
Hi all. Let me if¨nform you about very precise atlas, key and colour photos publication about Vespidae of northeastern part of North America. You can see it...
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Malcolm Storey
bioimages2000
Feb 28, 2008 9:43 am
Hi Louise & Don, Wonder if these might not be Ptinus sexpunctatus which I understand is associated with solitary bees? We have a small colony of Osmia rufa in...
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Libor Dvor(ák
libordvorak
Feb 28, 2008 10:08 am
Hi Louise, Don, and Malcolm. I have removed many wasps and hornet nests during the winter. Ptinus fur and P. raptor belong to the most frequent occupants of...
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andrenaosmia
Feb 28, 2008 11:14 am
Hi Louise, Yes, you are certainly on the right track. Your mating Osmias look like O caerulescens. The female certainly looks right. Note that the males of O...
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Nicolas J. Vereecken
nicovereecken
Feb 28, 2008 11:20 am
... Definitely A. haemorrhoa, female! Cheers Nico _____________________________________ Nicolas J. Vereecken Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology Free...
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Adam Bates
adam_j_bates
Feb 28, 2008 12:14 pm
Hi all, Does anybody have advice on plants that provide stem nesting resources please? I am trying to find plants that will grow on green roofs that will...
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Andy Jukes
andymjukes
Feb 28, 2008 12:58 pm
adam, there are many other rubus species that would be OK for a green roof without being invasive. I dont see why raspberries wouldn't work well. Any "pithy...
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Dave Wilton
bargbarg2001
Feb 28, 2008 1:22 pm
Thanks, Malcolm and Darrel, for your help. I've made contact with Gavin Broad and will perservere for this year at any rate! The time of year and my distance...
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Adam Bates
adam_j_bates
Feb 28, 2008 2:47 pm
Hi Andy, That is really helpfull thanks. How deep do the holes need to be, or is a good range of depths helpfull again? I will have a good think about suitable...
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Adam Bates
adam_j_bates
Feb 28, 2008 2:53 pm
Also, does anybody know if it seems to matter how far the timber holes are off the ground? It is very easy to have timber with these holes lying close to the...
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Andy Jukes
andymjukes
Feb 28, 2008 3:01 pm
Depth of hole: I dont know what a minimum depth would be but mine are approx 15cm deep. As long as they are deep enough for protection from the elements and...
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louisehislop51
Feb 28, 2008 9:17 pm
Hi Adam and Andy, I have had homemade bee nests for three years now - for the first two nothing happened, then I changed the nest sites after reading advice ...
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Scotty Dodd
jaapiella
Feb 28, 2008 9:18 pm
Hello Chaps Not clogging up from my point of view - I'm interested to hear your thoughts and will pass on ideas to planning dept. at Surrey Wildlife Trust as...
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louisehislop51
Feb 28, 2008 9:33 pm
I agree with Scotty - it's very interesting. What depth of substrate will you have on the green roof Adam? I should have said, when refering to sedums, i mean...
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louisehislop51
Feb 29, 2008 8:38 am
Hi Don, Malcolm and Libor, Thanks for all the info on Ptinus beetles - having looked again at all my photos against those on the internet I am sliding towards...
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louisehislop51
Feb 29, 2008 8:51 am
Hi Nigel, Thanks for your reply about my bees. With reference to the Megachile photos, do you mean that you think this could be M. centuncularis, or just that...
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Adam Bates
adam_j_bates
Feb 29, 2008 10:28 am
Hi All, Thanks Louise and Andy for your very useful advice. I know how particular bees can be, so every ounce of personal experience on this matter is really...
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andrenaosmia
Feb 29, 2008 12:32 pm
Louise, This will do the trick: Else, G.(1999). Identification - Leafcutter Bees. British Wildlife, Vol 10, Number 6. pp 388 - 393. Contains a key to all eight...
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sten55@...
carabusuk
Feb 29, 2008 7:48 pm
Yes, much as I hate to admit it, P.sexpunctatus does look more likely - I was too eager to be helpful (there is a saying about doing something in haste and...
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louisehislop51
Feb 29, 2008 11:05 pm
Hi Don Thanks for your help anyway Louise ... likely - I was too eager to be helpful (there is a saying about doing something in haste and repenting at...
