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11-04-2011, 04:52 PM
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| | | Small hoverfly and another miner?
This little hoverfly was very difficult to snap: 
I should know this one, memory lapse! 
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11-04-2011, 05:12 PM
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| | | Re: Small hoverfly and another miner?
Not a lot to go on there I'm afraid. The hoverfly is male but that is about all that is clear.
Just going by the general shape my first thoughts would be Melanstoma scalare; but that is just a total guess.
And the bee is even more difficult from that angle. |
11-04-2011, 06:41 PM
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| | | Re: Small hoverfly and another miner?
Evening Hed,
The bee is probably Andrena nitida, very common at the moment.
Take care,
Jason |
11-04-2011, 08:11 PM
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| | | Re: Small hoverfly and another miner?
The hover is Melanostoma scalare.
As for the bee - well I'm afraid I would urge caution about this ID - is it even a solitary bee?
Data for the hover would be useful (location, date, recorder) - you can send to me via roger dot morris at dsl dot pipex dot com
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11-04-2011, 08:18 PM
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| | | Re: Small hoverfly and another miner?
Evening Roger, nice as ever to see you posting! Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger Morris  As for the bee - well I'm afraid I would urge caution about this ID - is it even a solitary bee? | Correct M-vein allignment for Andrenidae. The bee has a black untipped abdomen, bright orange thorasic hairs, bold black legs and copious white hairs towards the ventral area of the body and under the legs. Identical habitus too. I have a fully keyed-out one in front of me to check the points against.
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11-04-2011, 08:26 PM
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| | | Re: Small hoverfly and another miner?
You may well be right Jason, but this one had me going for a long time - I've previously commented on these where others have been more cautious than me - so I am a bit careful - I don't normally do bees from photos at the best of times - have been caught out too often.
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11-04-2011, 09:13 PM
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| | | Re: Small hoverfly and another miner?
Thanks, Roger and Jason. New hoverfly to me, but have plenty of those bees about diving into cracks and holes!
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