I'm not really experienced enough to say for sure, but it has the look of male A praecox/flavipes male to me. See how you get on with those? Someone with moree...
Hi Ian, The first two look like Melecta albifrons, not sure about the third, but the fourth and fifth look like they could be Nomada fabriciana. Alan...
Thanks Alan, It certainly has the red and black antennae, noted as diagnostic in Bees of Surrey. I was looking for heavy /heavier black bars on the abdomen...
Hi Ian, Ø Does anyone know if it is possible to get hold of the two Perkins papers on Andrena/Nomada and Halictus/Sphecodes? Presumably you know about Alan...
Hi, I got the Perkins keys via my local library inter-library loan service. They'll be able to get you a photocopy from The British Library for a small fee....
Thanks Nigel, I’ll give it a try. Ian _____ From: bwars@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bwars@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nigel Jones Sent: 02 April 2009 13:49 To:...
Thanks Malcolm, I have recently downloaded the Nomada one - now all I need to be able to do is recognise a Nomada when I see it. Reluctant as I am taking...
Hello, Can anyone please help to identify the bees I captured in these photos? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bwars/photos/album/2002574318/pic/list There were...
Hi Steve, They are Andrena's, i.e. mining bees (Hym. Andrenidae). It seems to me that you have 2 different species there, the first (with bright hairs on the...
Thank you Nico. I didn't say before but the they were quite large ~15mm, so A. nigroaenea sounds very reasonable. I was quite surprised at how many there...
Hi, Is it possible to see in the field the difference between an Andrena gravida and an Andrena flavipes ? Or is it only possible with a microscope ? chantal...
Hi Chantal, If the females are freshly emerged, the colour of the hair bands on the abdomen, the flocculus & the sides of the thorax are a good criterion to...
Steve, Alan did not provide an Andrena test key, so you are not missing anything. We'll just have to keep our fingers crossed that George Else's long awaited...
Nico, It helps a lot, thanks ! chantal ... Nico, It helps a lot, thanks ! chantal Op 3-apr-09, om 10:27 heeft Nicolas Vereecken het volgende geschreven: Hi...
Hi Nico, I am fairly new to BWARS and your commentary on the difference between two species of Andrena is just what I need (but where is the flocculus?). A...
Hi Howard, My mistake, I meant "floccus". It is a brush of hairs on the ventral surface of the coxa used to collect pollen. Thanks for your comments on my...
Hi Folks A quick one for ID if anyone can recognise it. a solitary feeding on ColtsFoot on 2nd April in the Spring Sunshine. Very small circa 7-10 mm ,...
Thank you Alan Yes , these little chaps dont give much away till you get down to fine detail. Andrena spp its is , no trouble with Colts Foot though, Many...
I've seen Bombylius major bee flies foraging lesser celandines in my garden these past two or three days. The only Andrenas around seem to be Andrena fulva...
Quite often around this area I see Andrena flavipes (Yellow Legged Mining bee) in the vicinity. Out of interest this morning whilst looking for my dotted bee...
Hi Maggie We have had Bombylius major around for the last few days as well but haven't managed to spot any on flowers apart from one, briefly, yesterday...
Hello, 29 March 2009 An unexpected treat was three or four individual Dotted Bee-flies, Bombylius discolor, using their long feeding tubes to take nectar on a...
Thanks Stuart, are they 'occupying' burrows for somewhere to roost? Ian _____ From: bwars@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bwars@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stuart...
Hi, I'm no bee expert, and am seeking confirmation of identification for the bee in the attached pictures. I have been told that it might be Andrena scotica,...
Hi Stuart Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Does A. carantonica (=A. scotica) indicate that the name changed? (As I said I'm no expert - a total...
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