Solitary bee ID.

Bios · #1 (**permalink**) 01-04-2011, 10:42 PM

Hi,

Just wonering if you can help me with IDing these bees. There are quite a few Tawny Mining Bees burrowing in my garden and I found these arount the area where they are nesting.

I'm pretty sure these two are Nomada species but I'm not sure exactly:

Species 1:

Species 2:

And another solitary bee:

Thank you1

Jason Green · #2 (**permalink**) 02-04-2011, 01:20 AM

Morning Bios, and welcome to WAB!

Great photos, lovely detail.

Additional photographs of the Miner would be good. The two Nomada spp. are often difficult with photos, but the types of local Miners in the vicinity should assist with narrowing down the possibilities if you know them. Of course, mandibular views would be even better used in combination with physical colouration, but the latter is often open to individual variation.

Take care,

Jason