Is this Andrena fulva?

[Chas]

I thought that this was Andrena fulva for sure, but that was yesterday and some of the other pictures and new threads today have started to set doubt in. There is a small colony on my lawn, I have found 7 holes/burrows so far. Here is one of them out of interest. Hope someone can put me out of my misery and ID for me please

[JRsbugs]

No it's not A. fulva. That has black pollen baskets, black hairs on the thorax side and very rich thorax hairs.. can't see the rest.

I can't really say what it is. but it is an Andrena female. I just checked a similar angle of one of my Andrena nigroaenea, it could be that.

Janet

[tristanba]

this looks large and chunky with overwhelmlingly dark hair on the head - Andrena nigroaenea female perhaps.

Check this link http://www.flickr.com/photos/33883829@N05/4564187486/

Bernhard Jacobi certainly knows his stuff

[JRsbugs]

I'm glad we agree on that Tristan!

I uploaded the pic which I took from a distance, I knew it was Andrena nigroaenea but she was flitting. They are very richly coloured and hard to miss. I got her or another one later so got a better angle.

[Chas]

thanks for looking....... back to the drawing board for me! Can you look at these images please, its the same bee but a few different angles
Wildlife in a Suburban Garden: Tawny Mining Bee - Andrena fulva

[JRsbugs]

Originally Posted by Chas

thanks for looking....... back to the drawing board for me! Can you look at these images please, its the same bee but a few different angles
Wildlife in a Suburban Garden: Tawny Mining Bee - Andrena fulva

Definitely Andrena nigroaenea, if you had posted them for a start there would have been no doubt. (and it would have made things easier )

[Chas]

Thank you Janet, I have learnt a valuable lesson. I should have been more thorough in the first place.