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10-04-2011, 04:54 PM
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| | | Andrena female with mite, or something worse?
You'll see this bee had something under the edge of a tergite (is it called?) and seemed to be working quite hard at rubbing it with her hind legs. It looks a bit like the kind of mite that you see hitching a ride on a bumblebee, but is it? Thanks for any info!   |
10-04-2011, 06:59 PM
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| | | Re: Andrena female with mite, or something worse?
It's one of those pesky stylops! The male has enlarged calypters and uses them to fly to find a female which remains in the bee. You might have seen some I posted.
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| | | Re: Andrena female with mite, or something worse?
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Originally Posted by JRsbugs  It's one of those pesky stylops! The male has enlarged calypters and uses them to fly to find a female which remains in the bee. You might have seen some I posted.
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10-04-2011, 08:31 PM
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| | | Re: Andrena female with mite, or something worse?
Here's the last one I posted with stylops.. Indescript Andrena female
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| | | Re: Andrena female with mite, or something worse?
Brilliant. Many thanks - R | | |
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