Hi All, I managed to get some cracking photos of a male Megachile willbughbiella yesterday. I stuck him in the fridge for 15 minutes to quieten him down,...
Hi Nigel, Your pics are superb. I've seen the male leafcutter "with pale gloves" just once here in my garden - a very smart bee! No wonder he was hanging on...
Hi Maggie, Afraid I did not catch the bee, so did not count the antennal seggies. It does have a very long white tail - is this indicative of anything? I will...
Hi everyone Found one at last. I caught a fresh male B. hypnorum today at flowers of Euphorbia in a woodland to the east of Salisbury. This site is about 7km...
I am just getting started with hymenoptera and could do with some help with ID. I have some photos - 2 Andrena, a Lasioglossum and an Osmia I think - posted...
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The bee uploaded in files 'Adur Valley' was trapped in the water pool at the base of a Teasel leaf It may be something common but any ideas of ID? It is not...
I found a B. hypnorum male in a garden in S.E. London yesterday. Unfortunately I couldn't identify the plant it was on (garden exotic shrub with rather...
Stuart YES PLEASE!!!! Ideally we want full data of all bees in UK! Stuart __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?...
Dear Tim, Andrena 1. Probably a female A. angustior, though a positive identification is impossible as the main morphological features are not visible. Andrena...
Dear Stuart, An interesting record and, apparently, the first for Greater London. A locality would certainly be of interest as London is a big place! Are you...
We have a winner! Buddleia globosa it is. Many thanks, Stuart Connop. ... Buddleia globosa ? Ray ... Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:...
Hello How about a poll of garden Bees Go out in the garden and count how many bees of any species you see within say 10-15 minutes put down the number and how...
Hello All, I have posted a photo of what I believe is Crossoceerus cetratus. It is a male with what certainly look like the distinctive front tarsi of this...
A few days ago when we were out and about looking for bees, a Bombus hortorum was captured because it seemed to be in difficulties. On closer inspection, the...
Maggie The larval stage of the Oil beetle waits on flowers for visiting bees which it then parasitises. Maybe it was one of these? If so you are priviledged to...
Hi everyone... Doesn't really sound like an oil-beetle to me though. The triungulin larvae of these are tiny (a couple of mm long). The ones I have seen in UK...
Maggie, you do not describe the beetle, size, colour etc. I have certainly observed pollen beetles (Family Nitidulidae) of the species Meligethes aeneus, I...
I guess that I should have kept the beetle for further i/d [+ a photo] but it was released with the bumble. Description:- the beetle was nearly as long as the...
Hello All, Great excitement in my garden today (middle of Shrewsbury) as I found my first Stelis, investigating my bee posts. I managed to capture and ...
Hi, 'got a mini bumper bundle, for you. Images to be found in the 'aesculus' album. First image, a shot of a ruby tail. Is it Chrysis ignita, or ..... what? It...
Hi Alan Some nice pics there! ... or ..... what? Well... This is one of the most difficult of groups to tackle, and the best I can say is that it is in the...
... Thanks Stuart. Can I have half a point for the right group? ... OK. Good additional info. ... Yes? Yes? Strike one for the eejit. :-)) ... are ... Ah,...
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