Nomadi fulvicornis?

[PeterD]

I think this is a female Nomadi fulvicornis. The first gold band is reduced to 2 small spots.


Can anyone please confirm or correct?

Thank you

[tristanba]

Not familiar with that species, but this bee is a male (13 antennal segments)

[PeterD]

Originally Posted by tristanba

Not familiar with that species, but this bee is a male (13 antennal segments)

Thanks for your comments. I am not that familiar with sex/antenna segments in bees. I came to my suggestion from the patterns/shapes in the Chinery book which suggested that the broken first band signified female.

[Geoff F]

For what this is worth; the Bees of Surrey book states that N. fulvicornis is very difficult to separate from N. marshamella.

Look for the orange facial pattern running up the sides of the eyes. But that doesn't really help with the angle of your photo, unless you have another full face shot.

[PeterD]

Originally Posted by Geoff F

For what this is worth; the Bees of Surrey book states that N. fulvicornis is very difficult to separate from N. marshamella.

Look for the orange facial pattern running up the sides of the eyes. But that doesn't really help with the angle of your photo, unless you have another full face shot.

Thanks for your reply Geoff. I regret that I do not have shots at any other angles - it was too busy diving into the dandelion. I shall have to settle for Nomadi sp again.