Happy New Year Gordon. I agree with Stuart - a most unusual box design [ie: position of the entrance hole]. Birds and bees often use the same nestboxes in my ...
Hi Thanks for the advice. The giver of it was not pulling my leg. She has about as much knowledge of bees nesting as I have. The maker is the culprit. Still as...
Hi Gordon I suspected the manufacturer might be the culprit! Solitary bees tend to like south facing, exposed sites because the sun is important for warming up...
Hi Happy New year Everyone, I have uploaded three pics to the files area (ChasMacey) A fly, a Bee (possibly a leaf cutter) and a Solitary wasp (I think) Can...
Hi Chas Had a quick squint at the pics... ... bee (Megachile species). It looks like one of the slightly smaller species - perhaps M.centucularis? ... ...
Hi Stuart, It certainly does many thanks for your assistance. The Sawfly I shall certainly be looking for more info on as our Aruncas gets devastated by what...
Hi Lizzie. And all the best for 2006. I tried the antweb site without success. Having set up the connection, Google Earth (the free version ifthat is ...
I have been watching the "Life in the Undergrowth" programmes and was given the book-of-the-series for Christmas. I was particularly taken with the story that...
Hi Chas, Fly1 is definitely a sawfly. It's probably Arge cyanocrocea (or a related species) http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/P5/P56874.HTM HTH Malcolm Storey ...
Mike Coon wrote: "I was particularly taken with the story that a variety of oak gall produces nectar to be gathered by ants. This is despite oak flowers not...
Hi Patrick, I've also noticed various species of ants apparently feeding at the black spots on Vicia sativa. I assumed that they must be one of the many ...
http://www.antweb.org Hi Murdo, I didn't really have time to play with the google earth bit, I was hooked on the photographs. I would suggest checking the...
Dear All Due to a lack of southwestern reports I thought I should add my two-pennith's worth! Bombus terrestris activity seems to have been pretty constant...
Hi Murdo Same here. Google earth used to run fine on my computer until I installed the antweb link, now it just freezes up. I have tried clearing out the old...
Thanks Paul, Lizzie. It sounds as if I have got off lightly, as at least my Google Earth still runs. I will try emailing the antweb folk to alert them to the...
Dear Andrew re Phenology Network.... I agree entirely. The "1st Bumble of Spring" is irrelevant everywhere! What price the "first warbler of Spring" for...
Malcolm/Anyone, Do you know the life cycle of the Sawflies ? I was thinking that where my Aruncas is devastated each year by what I believe is Sawfly...
I have just given the Antweb a few minutes of my time - nothing significant happening and difficulty in getting it to close is enough. I shall now uninstall...
It all worked fine for me when I found out about it a few months back. The only reason I didn't mention it here was that there are no UK records on there...
Couldn't resist having a quick look at the site before I turn in. What great photographs! I especially like it that they are of ants going about their life. I...
Hi Chas, Sawflies (all? most?) have a single generation per year and overwinter as prepupa (which is like a full grown larva, but less mobile and usually...
Thanks Malcolm, As I have never reared anything previously, It sounds as though it may be a bit too much of a challenge. Yes I'm sure you're right so I shall...
Hi, I have uploaded a file to the files area (chasmacey) as I am still trying to identify some of my photos taken earlier this year and came across this one...
Hi Chas I think you'll find that this is a Sawfly (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) rather than one of the similarly marked bees in the Genus Nomada. I am no expert of...
Hi Chas, Have a look at http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk/sawflies.html#TenScroph That image was taken in July. If you can convince yourself that the abdomen bands...
Hi Chas, Alan, Looks good for Tenthredo scrophulariae. It's the only one with yellow antennae. HTH Malcolm www.bioimages.org.uk ... From: bwars@yahoogroups.com...
I have uploaded photos of three hymenoptera into Gordon in the files section and would be grateful for any assistance in id'ing them. All were photographed in...
Hi Gordon A shot in that dark with the bee. I looks very like a female of the widespread mining bee Andrena nitida (=A. pubescens). The bee is a generally a...
Hi Gordon, Most of the big brightly-coloured sawflies are Tenthredo, (with a few in Tenthredinopsis or Rhogogaster.) I think yours is another Tenthredo, but ...
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