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06-05-2011, 10:29 PM
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| |  Bee ID Required!
Hi, I took this picture of a bee today. Not very large as bees go, around a cm. I assume its a solitary bee of some kind, but could be totally wrong! 
Any help greatly appreciated.
Scott  |
07-05-2011, 07:29 AM
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| | | Re: Bee ID Required!
Hi Scott. I'm no expert, but you might like to check this against Andrena cineraria, the Ashy Mining bee, and see if it marries up? ATB! |
07-05-2011, 11:41 AM
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| | | Re: Bee ID Required!
Hi, I've just had a look at some images on the web and I think you've nailed it spot on! Ashy mining bee it is!
Many Thanks
Scott  |
07-05-2011, 02:37 PM
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| | | Re: Bee ID Required!
Well I doubt anything's really nailed from a single shot, and the experts always know what else is out there ready to dupe you! But Andrena cineraria is one of my favourite mining bees, very smart-looking, and the only other black and white bee around in my garden is the cuckoo bee Melecta albifrons, which is larger, say 13mm, and uglier/ scruffier-looking - but that's not exactly tech-talk, is it! |
07-05-2011, 10:25 PM
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| | | Re: Bee ID Required!
I always find it difficult Identifying insects (apart from the common ones!) I usually end up with around four text books out, unfortunately they can often all give slightly different impressions of the same thing!
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