ichneumon + Moth? + bee iding

[col188]

The Small ichneumon ??
Think the big ichneumon maybe Stenichneumon militarius suggested in another ichneumon thread.
The Bee mebbe Anthropora Plunipes
The bug that's a mystery. It's located high up on the bathroom wall, well away from the window. Reminds me of a mealy bug it's roughly 2.3mm.
The Fly/moth I think I've seen before but cannot remember, very tiny.

Lots of help needed then

Col

[Jason Green]

Evening Colin,

#1: An Ichneumon, yes - though it looks pretty average and non-descript to me. Not sure... any other shots that may show up unique features?

#2: Looks like S. militarius, agreed.

#3: Looks like a pupae

#4: A Moth-fly, Psychodidae. Try a Pericoma sp., though with these things even dead specimens under a microscope are problematic due to scales covering the wing venation - a method used to seperate them.

#5: When did you take it? A. plumipes, the Hairy-footed Flower Bee is only active around spring time and so unlikely if recent! Not sure, looks worn too.

Take care,

Jason

[JRsbugs]

#1 couldn't say which, not enough showing and there's a few look alikes.
#2 Stenichneumon militarius doesn't appear to have the same white marks on the thorax, there's several which look similar.
#3 looks like a carpet beetle larva
#4 a fly in family Psychodidae, could be Ulomyia fuliginosa but don't take that for sure!
#5 the photo is not in this database, but it looks very worn from what I can see. When was it taken?

Janet

[Jason Green]

Originally Posted by JRsbugs

#3 looks like a carpet beetle larva
#4 a fly in family Psychodidae, could be Ulomyia fuliginosa but don't take that for sure!

I considered U. fuliginosa as well, but given there's 90+ in the UK and can only be reliably seperated sometimes by the wing venation that's obscured by scales when an individual is looked at under a microscope - - I didn't want to go as far as species

[col188]

Originally Posted by JRsbugs

#1 couldn't say which, not enough showing and there's a few look alikes.
#2 Stenichneumon militarius doesn't appear to have the same white marks on the thorax, there's several which look similar.
#3 looks like a carpet beetle larva
#4 a fly in family Psychodidae, could be Ulomyia fuliginosa but don't take that for sure!
#5 the photo is not in this database, but it looks very worn from what I can see. When was it taken?

Janet

Dunno what went wrong, it was in my photos and did enlarge from there......... was just the forum link. So I upload again.
Thanks Janet and Jason.
The carpet beetle Lava? has disappeared from the bathroom wall........ have to improve my Hoovering technique
Col
Ps Was taken on the 11th Sept...... I did realise it was a spring bee, So probably a well worn specimen of another.

[JRsbugs]

The bee is really too worn to tell, if I could see the shape of the abdomen it would help but as it is I would hazard a guess at a very, very worn Bombus pascuorum. I checked the wing veination with one of my pics and it seems to match, not sure how others would match up though!

[col188]

Originally Posted by JRsbugs

The bee is really too worn to tell, if I could see the shape of the abdomen it would help but as it is I would hazard a guess at a very, very worn Bombus pascuorum. I checked the wing veination with one of my pics and it seems to match, not sure how others would match up though!

I rationalised to the same conclusion, looking at the pic again, and after your comment about it being very worn. Thanks again.
Col