ID help - a bee and some grasshoppers

[Misanthrope]

Three pictures of a bee. It may be one of the Andrena species but my books don't give enough detail.




The colour variations of grasshoppers confuse me. The more places I look, the less confident I feel about putting a name to these.
Two views of the same grasshopper.



Three more grasshoppers
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[Jason Green]

I had the same bee ID'd recently and Eucera said it was a M. centuncularis.

Your first 'hopper is a Field Grasshopper I think. The bent white line on the dark smudge on the shoulder and red-ish abdomen point to this sp..

Your other 'hoppers may be the same as well, except the last - it could be a Meadow Grasshopper.

[leifus]

yeah the first grasshopper is a field grasshopper and the others are as well i think apart from the last which is either meadow or common green (which is very variable)

[Jason Green]

Originally Posted by leifus

yeah the first grasshopper is a field grasshopper and the others are as well i think apart from the last which is either meadow or common green (which is very variable)

Yes, could well be. I think the said CG is likely given the two-toned green?

[leifus]

yeah

[Misanthrope]

Many thanks for the IDs. There are plenty of grasshoppers and crickets around just now so I'll try to get some practice. It's just a shame they don't pose properly when I want to take pictures!