Apologies for possibly non-aculeate subject matter but sorting through some water trapped aculeates from the summer, I have found an oddly ant- like wasp which...
That's the kind of thing that I pick up thinking it is an exciting male ant, only to discover under closer examination that it is not an ant at all. One day...
Dear all Just a reminder about our debate on the 2oth: Earthwatch Debate: Irreplaceable – the World's Most Invaluable Species Thursday 20th November,...
Thanks Andrew and Mike Bethylus looks spot on. Chers, Tim _____ From: bwars@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bwars@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Jarman Sent: 07...
Hi Jan  Indeed it has. Didineis lunicornis is the name by which it should be known nowadays. The UK distribution was published (under Didineis) in Atlas 3 ...
Great, thanks Stuart. A new dot on the map then at Yeovil, Somerset - on part of the flood plain of the River Yeo. It's designated for housing development, of...
A friend of mine sent me these photos taken in Virginia. I know this group is UK recording, but I wondered if anyone was familiar with the species as it is so...
Dear all Just a reminder about our debate on Thusday week: Earthwatch Debate: Irreplaceable – the World's Most Invaluable Species Thursday 20th November,...
i was called out to look at a large wasp nest that was found in a transport container the other day. The man told me it was big but i didnt think it was this...
I had to do a double take at Reading Uni this afternoon. A foraging Bombus pratorum (probably a rather small queen) with full pollen load. I am not sure of the...
hi Stuart we have had a B.terrestris queen out and about this morning, not carrying pollen though, feeding on a purple Hebe which still has plenty of flowers. ...
Please can anyone give me a rough idea of what species this one is ? A female solitary bee foraging on small teasel [dipsacus pilosus] in the garden on July...
Hi Leslie Its a female Megachile. I need to think about this and see if I can possiblly put a species name to this Stuart  ... Stuart Roberts Chairman...
Thanks Stuart, I wondered if it was a megachile, but it seemed smaller than the ones I usually see taking leaves into the bee block. Leslie ... possiblly put a...
Hi Stuart, I was at Reading today (London Road campus, not the main campus). Saw two Buff-tailed queens: one very clean and new, sitting on the ground (fresh...
Saw my first B. terrestris queen of the winter in my South London garden on 7/11/08 visiting Ulex minor (an autumn-flowering native shrub which I purposely...
Hi Stuart know they're not B.pratorum but have seen White-tailed bumbles , B.terrestris queens and B. pascuorum queens at several sites in VC1 in past week. In...
Hi, I have uploaded 2 photos to a new album 'Jersey Bees and Wasps' today and was hoping someone may be able to confirm for me the ID's of these species -...
Dear Tim Have you considered Halictus quadricinctus, which occurs in Guernsey & Sark, though not recorded yet from Jersey? It might also be a very worn H. ...
Hi Charles, Thanks very much for your input. I had considered all the Halictus spp but just couldnt decide!! It was Bernhard Jacobi from Germany who suggested...
Dear Tim Which species list are you using? The Guernsey Biological Records Centre Web site has species lists to download of species found in all the Channel ...
Ill start the ball rolling with a tentative M.ligniseca. Do you have a photograph of its back? I find many M.ligniseca have a darkened band across the middle...
Hi Charles, I am using a Channel Island checklist sent to me from Nigel Jones of BWARS. I do not use NBN for the Channel Islands because as you say they do not...
Thanks, Andy No I haven't got one from above. I have added one more photo which shows just a bit of the top of the thorax but it looks worn and beginning to ...
A few places are still available on "Why and how to collect insect specimens", a workshop on Saturday 29 November at Dinton Pastures, near Reading, Berkshire....
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