I've posted some pictures here http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=143208 which i would appreciate some help identifying though i realise some of them...
Hello, I have posted several shots of 8 species. If anyone could take the time to offer any suggestions it would be appreciated. Nomada 1 - could it be flava? ...
This is my opinion: bank bee: Andrena flavipes or Andrena gravida black bottomed bee: Andrena carantonica (= scotica)? osmia= male Osmia caerulescens or leiana...
Hello, I visited Dry Sandford BBOWT reserve (Cothill, Oxon/VC22) last week and again yesterday. There were next to no aculeates on the cliffs. When I last...
Dear Nick, I'm not sure how "into" bees you are, but you may have got as far as you are going to get with your identifications! The third one is possibly...
My observation from East Anglia is that things are struggling after two cool, wet summers. I've been out today and saw much less than I was expecting, despite...
Hi Ian, I am going to wade in with some more suggestions Nomada 2 - possibly N. goodeniana? Osmia - caerulescens or leaiana - very fresh hairy individual Black...
Hi Adrian, The solitaries in my garden are doing fine this year despite the two wet years when I noticed no activity at all. Lots going on in the OBC red mason...
Cheers Adrian, Jens and Louise, Plenty to think about there. Last week for the wood bee. I caught it as it came back out of a gallery in dead wood. Ian _____ ...
I have little experience to go on but the bank at Kingfishers Bridge has, after a humming start, calmed down to no bee activity at present. Ian _____ From:...
Hi, I was chatting to my Mum yesterday, telling her I'd found a small colony of Oxybelus uniglumis in my bee bank - not that she's really into hymenoptera, but...
Hi Janet, In a nutshell, yes your Mother is correct. In the main adult wasps cannot eat solid food as it cannot pass through the narrow 'waist' and to the...
hi Adrian, I have two that 2 cotoneasters but curiously watch Andrena florea finally I think I watched the first and second tergites a little red and brown is...
Is this the right time of year to find male Bombus pratorum? Two pics (of two specimens found a few metres apart) from last night in Donegal, Ireland: ...
Hi Stuart B. pratorum males in full spate here! Cheers, S ... Stuart Roberts Chairman BWARS www.bwars.com ________________________________ From: Stuart...
Hi I've posted some bees on flickr i would appreciate help with. i know this is difficult from photos but I wondered if date and location helped. The 2 Cornish...
Thanks for the pointers, I have uploaded some photos now to Bert_micro gallery, one of the typical black ant spiracle i have seen so far. I think a previous...
From the shape of the beast I would suggest that your black ant is a Formica. It might be me, but I find the lighting on the specimen a bit harsh, which makes...
In this weeks New Scientist on p10 bottom right corner it is claimed the RSPB wants to re introduce the Short-haired Bumble Bee. Is this so? if it is so where...
I received the following press release about the project.. NEWS RELEASE: **Not for publication or broadcast before Monday 1 June 2009** International rescue...
... The lighting is a constant source of fustration. Oh how marvelous our eyes are.I am experimenting with various led's. I do hope you very best luck in your...
Dear Nick, Dream on! I've posted comments on your Flickr pictures. Most of them are Ichneumon wasps or sawflies which are right swines to identify even if you...
thanks for trying Adrian, i've had some of the Sawflies identified on birdforum down to Genera which is obviously the best i'm going to get from a photo. ...
Hi someone sent me a bee to name but I have lost the address and member who sent it to me. could he please get in touch so I can tell him the species I have...
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