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17-03-2010, 10:47 PM
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| | | Anthophora plumipes
Has anybody seen Anthophora yet? I saw my first of the year today, high pitched buzz, and a male crossed the garden. No chance of a photo though.
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17-03-2010, 11:24 PM
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| | | Re: Anthophora plumipes
I've had a few males in London, also Andrena clarkella males and several Bombus sp including B. hypnorum |
18-03-2010, 12:46 AM
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I saw a male in mid-Lincs last Sunday. |
18-03-2010, 06:11 AM
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I noticed 2 males in my back garden at the weekend; regular B. terrestris too. |
12-04-2010, 10:19 AM
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| | | Re: Anthophora plumipes
I've just seen this in my garden and think it is an Anthophora plumipes
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12-04-2010, 11:54 AM
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Yes, Cheryl, it's a female. |
12-04-2010, 03:39 PM
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13-04-2010, 05:44 PM
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| | | Re: Anthophora plumipes
Hi Cheryl, I agree, a female, what are the flowers? You should be able to see the males around as well, they patrol their flower patch and chase other flower visiting insects such as bees, bumblebees and even butterflies!
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| | | Re: Anthophora plumipes
Hi - the shrub is Osmanthus delavayi. The flowers have a really exotic fragrance. That and the Skimmia I have are normally full of bees, flies etc but there havn't been so many so far this Spring - probably down to the bad winter I imagine  | | |
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