Hi Martin, The A. clarkella pic in the bwars gallery seems to show orange hairs on the tergites under the wings.. I think. Don't think this is typical ...
I have just posted a photo bees2 (taken yesterday at Fingringhoe, Essex)--could someone please identify and explain what keys are important. So far I just look...
It might be Andrena flavipes. No guarantees though.. never can be sure from photos. For the majority you need specimens under a microscope. There are no books...
Thanks Alan. I take your point about bicolor but my specimen is bigger than that, and has yellow hind tarsi. I think it must be an odd clarkella, but will take...
Hi John, and welcome to the site ... book it ... A couple of things here: I assume that you would like some information beyond just an abrupt, one word answer...
Thanks Stuart, oh dear, I was using Chinery's "Complete British Insects" and the image of the Eucera longicornis looked similar to mine. The Andrena nitida...
First Bombus vestalis of the year today at Carr's Woodland LNR in Bath, heavily infested with mites. Also B. terrestris, B. pascorum and first Dotted Bee-fly...
B.vestalis out in Staffs now aswell. Nothing as exciting as dotted bee-flies though! Andrena clarkella in full swing. I've seen some very good aggregations of...
Hi all Even in Northumberland it's been a good few days for bees - lots of B.terrestris queen sightings, plus my first B.pratorum, B. lapidarius and B.lucorum...
I had my first ever sighting of Bombus hypnorum on flowerng currant today (9th April) here on the Isle of Dogs (TQ383796). It seems quite small (about 15mm...
Alan, Sorry to bother you again, but is the attached identifiable ? Thanks, if you can... Barry Dr Barry Yates Manager Rye Harbour Nature Reserve East Sussex ...
Hi Barry It's a bee rather than a wasp of course. It is almost certainly Nomada fabriciana, a very common cleptoparasitic species, specialising on attacking ...
Stuart Roberts reported seeing a worker B. hypnorum on Saturday 8 March at Kew underground station so there is every possibility that you saw a worker too....
Further to this thread, I've put some photos of the specimen in the 'MCH' photos folder: http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/bwars/photos/browse/910c I can't...
It's a dipteron. A Bee Fly, probably Bombylius major. Note that it has just one pair of wings. HTH, Paul ... From: forwardbase To: bwars@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Can I chip in on this thread as I disturbed several 'ground nesting' bees while weeding today (13.04.2008) in East Lincs. Images against a 2mm grid at ...
It is an Andrena - is it A. flavipes? Kindest Regards Andrew Grace ________________________________ From: bwars@yahoogroups.com [bwars@yahoogroups.com] On...
Size and colouring suggest to me it might be Andrena bicolor. Don't think there are many records for A. flavipes up here in Lincolnshire.. Alan, further...
Grace and Alan, thanks for the responses. To be honest, after I posted the A. clarkella query, I realised that the hind leg colouring was all wrong so any...
Thanks Andrew!!!! Sorry about my previous Grace / Andrew mixup. Alan ... aesculus2003 [bugs@...] ... is ... be ... 40yahoogroups.com>, "haematocephalus"...
Just to say I received the following reply from Brian Little, but it didn't appear on the forum: "It looks far too big and bright for bicolor can I suggest...
Oh yes, A. nigroaenea sounds right doesn't it. By the way, workers of the early-nesting humble-bee Bombus pratorum were at Rosemary flowers here in Hastings...
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