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31-08-2007, 11:26 AM
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| | | Knapweed filling station
Knapweed has been a magnet for insects and these two are associated with it:
A Conopid fly Physocephala rufipes 
and a Carder bumblebee which I think is Bombus muscuorum 
Time to set up near some knapweed and see what turns up 
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31-08-2007, 12:38 PM
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| | | Re: Knapweed filling station
B. muscorum is really an extremely rare insect in most of England and Wales, and photographing it would be quite a coup. Where was the pic taken?
B. muscorum is virtually indistinguishable from the very similar B. humilis, and need microscopic scruty to confirm the id. I certainly wouldn't ever record the presence of either of these species in England purely on photographic evidence. |
31-08-2007, 03:55 PM
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[quote=eucera;159526] B. muscorum is really an extremely rare insect in most of England and Wales, and photographing it would be quite a coup. Where was the pic taken?
Alsager in Cheshire (SJ796548). There are other images, and I do take the point about id'ing from pics 
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31-08-2007, 08:54 PM
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It would be absolutely extraordinary to record either B. muscorum or B. humilis from that part of Cheshire. The most likely candidate is B. pascuorum. I would need to look critically at the hairs on the abdomen and on the thorax to be certain though |
01-09-2007, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by eucera  It would be absolutely extraordinary to record either B. muscorum or B. humilis from that part of Cheshire. The most likely candidate is B. pascuorum. I would need to look critically at the hairs on the abdomen and on the thorax to be certain though | Ho hum, back to the ordinary then, but thanks for your thoughts 
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| | | Re: Knapweed filling station
Just a point. These normally attract loads of burnet moths around here but I've seen very few this year. Has anyone noted their absence? | | |
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