Help with insects, please

[colincurry]

Here is where again I set myself as the Aunt Sally of WAB insect identification.

I spent a fruitful afternoon in the garden over the weekend and offer some beasts for naming (along with some ideas of mine)

1. Is this a cuckoo bee, please?



2. I have no idea what this is - it was very small - about three eighths of an inch



3. Could this be a tawny mining bee?




4. How about a Syphus ribesii?



5. What about a Dexia rustica



6. I have no idea what this spider is - it is about a quarter of an inch across



7. Might this be a red-tailed bumble bee



Thanks

Colin

[The Black Rabbit]

Hey Colin.

I'll start the ball rolling?

#3 - No mining bee. More like a Common Carder Bumblebee. (tho I'm sure Eucera will correct me if I'm wrong).

#6 - Looks like a (Garden) Cross spider(ling).

Doug

[poschiavanus]

The hoverfly (# 4) is Episyrphus balteatus : it's the only one with two black bands on the third and fourth abdominal segments. Once you've got it's jizz you'll see it everywhere.

[aeshna5]

1 Agree, a cuckoo bee Bombus (Psithyrus) sp.
2 Pollen Beetle, Meligethes sp.
3 Carder Bee, B. pascuorum
4 Marmalade Fly, Episyrphus balteatus
7 Red-tailed Bumblebee, B. lapidarius

[CloudedYellow]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

1 Agree, a cuckoo bee Bombus (Psithyrus) sp.

I will go for Bombus vestalis.

[colincurry]

Thanks everyone

Colin

[Laurence Clemons]

Number 5 looks like a female Rhinophora lepida (Rhinophoridae).

[eucera]

1 Certainly a male cuckoo bumble, and in this case, I can say with certainty this is Bombus vestalis - I can see that Antennal segment 3 is much shorter that 5

3 Carder Bee, B. pascuorum

7 Red-tailed Bumblebee, B. lapidarius

B. lapidarius seems really quite scarce this year. The males are now out and about