Wasp for ID

[PeterD]

Can anyone help with these please?







Thanks

[aeshna5]

It's a cuckoo bee, Nomada sp (I'll let the experts take it further if possible!) which is a cleptoparasite of mining bees, Andrena spp.

[PeterD]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

It's a cuckoo bee, Nomada sp (I'll let the experts take it further if possible!) which is a cleptoparasite of mining bees, Andrena spp.

Good morning and thank you aeshna5.
There were swarms of these bees about. I always have difficulty in recognising the difference between bees and wasps. I looked in the wrong section of my reference book. Having said that, none of the reference images of the Cuckoo Bee looks anything like this one.

[mrbright]

hi definitely looks like nomada sp (cuckoo bee) but these are solitary insects, and you said you had swarms of them...
expert help will surely bee along shortly.

[PeterD]

Originally Posted by mrbright

hi definitely looks like nomada sp (cuckoo bee) but these are solitary insects, and you said you had swarms of them...
expert help will surely bee along shortly.

Nice one. The sun is out too on a cloudless morning - things are getting better

[JRsbugs]

The first is a female, I think Nomada flava.

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Second is a male, also Nomada flava although they are supposed to be inseparable from N. panzeri. The markings on confirmed pics seem to be a little different though and yours match N. flava well.

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[PeterD]

Originally Posted by JRsbugs

The first is a female, I think Nomada flava.

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Second is a male, also Nomada flava although they are supposed to be inseparable from N. panzeri. The markings on confirmed pics seem to be a little different though and yours match N. flava well.

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Janet

Good afternoon Janet. Thank you for your help.

[Matt Smith]

Originally Posted by JRsbugs

Second is a male, also Nomada flava although they are supposed to be inseparable from N. panzeri. The markings on confirmed pics seem to be a little different though and yours match N. flava well.

Janet

Nomada flava and N.panzeri are indeed inseparable, either from a specimen or from a photo. The best that can be said from this pic is N. flava/panzeri, it is impossible to make a full ID.

[PeterD]

Originally Posted by Matt Smith

Nomada flava and N.panzeri are indeed inseparable, either from a specimen or from a photo. The best that can be said from this pic is N. flava/panzeri, it is impossible to make a full ID.

Sorry for the delay in responding but thank you for the above reply. I agree, in a lot of cases, photographs are very difficult to identify any species. In this case I shall stick with Nomada sp.

[PeterD]

This wasp is about 5mm long





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