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10-05-2011, 09:21 AM
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| | | Bees for ID please.
Can anyone help me with these? 
A very small bee. 
A cuckoo bee (I think).
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10-05-2011, 10:30 AM
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Morning Peter,
The first is a Megachilid, perhaps an Osmia.
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10-05-2011, 01:42 PM
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I'm confused by the first, could be the angle so I won't comment.
Second looks like Nomada goodeniana.
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10-05-2011, 05:19 PM
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No. 1 - male Osmia sp.
No. 2 - Nomada sp. |
13-05-2011, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Green  Morning Peter,
The first is a Megachilid, perhaps an Osmia.
Take care,
Jason | Quote:
Originally Posted by JRsbugs I'm confused by the first, could be the angle so I won't comment.
Second looks like Nomada goodeniana.
Janet | Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt Smith No. 1 - male Osmia sp.
No. 2 - Nomada sp. | Thank you all for your replies. Sorry its taken so long to get back but I have been very busy.
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13-05-2011, 11:16 PM
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Now I'm going to comment. 
I had thought the first bee looked somewhere between a Megachile and an Osmia, but didn't quite fit either.
Peter, I got one which I would stake my life on as being the same as yours, it was around 10mm long. I got one over the top from behind back shot, then it went. It was on the 10th in the afternoon and I instantly recognised it as being the same as yours! It was windy and dull, about to rain and a few insects seemed to land in succession!
Until now I haven't got around to looking further, but Osmia just does not fit. I checked out some of the other species in Meachillinae which we have on the list, then looked at a site which I find handy. Hoplitis looked to me close in shape, I found a female Hoplitis claviventris but no male, searching brought up another site I use with a male, the Nature Conservation Imaging site but it's in Downland bees and I don't usually have those. It does resemble that one very much and the size fits!
Adding that I have a patch of Lotus growing near where the bee landed, which it feeds on.
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13-05-2011, 11:27 PM
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...what do you think about the antennae? |
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Originally Posted by Jason Green ...what do you think about the antennae? | Please enlighten us Jason!
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13-05-2011, 11:56 PM
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Good morning Jason and Janet,
This debate is very interesting. Janet, the bee size of about 10mm fits.
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Good morning Peter. 
I'll upload my pic, I'm well behind with my editing and naming.. looks like another 4am hitting the pillow.
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