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03-06-2010, 10:06 PM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Caldbeck, Cumbria
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| | | A very tatty nomada
Any chance of an ID of this bee ? Found on a path between the edge of a wood & a river. 9mm long.
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03-06-2010, 10:13 PM
|  | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London
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| | | Re: A very tatty nomada
Evening Peter,
I think I'll catiously suggest something along the lines of Nomada ruficornis as far as photo-based IDs go, but if you could look at the mandibles - simple or bifid...
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03-06-2010, 10:33 PM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Caldbeck, Cumbria
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| | | Re: A very tatty nomada
Thanks Jason. I'll have a look tomorrow & perhaps post some more photos - it's bedtime now 
The photos I have found on the web seem to have more yellow on the abdominal segments. For some reason the BWARS site doesn't have a photo in their Gallery.
Cheers
Peter |
03-06-2010, 10:40 PM
| | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London
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| | | Re: A very tatty nomada
I should wait until you have had a look at the mandibles before suggesting names - they'll probably turn out to be 'simple'! I'd compare it to my specimen, but I'm still awaiting my 20w halogen lamp.
How long do you keep the insects refridgerated? |
04-06-2010, 07:48 AM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Caldbeck, Cumbria
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| | | Re: A very tatty nomada
Hi Jason
You were right. The mandibles are bifid. That's good because NBN doesn't have a record for my area ( not unusual - I don't think anybody has ever recorded insects around here  )
I sometimes keep them for 3 or 4 days if I think I might need to answer some specific query. It's always great when you reply so quickly . They seem to come to no harm.
Cheers
Peter | | |
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