ID Help Requested

[Lester]

All End of July Thursley NNR Surrey.

(A) Fly with lovely wing patterns, view 1 of 2.


(A) Fly with lovely wing patterns, view 2 of 2.


(B) Seemed to be mining in sandy soil and has green eyes, only this angle unfortunately.


(C) Ruby Tailed Wasp of Chrysis species?
Can the species be identified from this?


(D) Wasp or Bee, searching around burrows of sand mining bees or wasps.

[Jason Claxton]

Hi Lester

"A" looks like Thyridanthrax fenestratus,a short tounged species of Bee Fly.

Jason

[Lester]

Originally Posted by Jason Claxton

Hi Lester

"A" looks like Thyridanthrax fenestratus,a short tounged species of Bee Fly.

Jason

Thanks Jason, seen the long tongued bee-flies before but not this sort.

Hope someone will come along with some ideas on the others.

[Lester]

Been doing some searching and I think C might be Chrysis viridula (Chrysis viridula Linnaeus, 1761).

[Lester]

And D is probably Digger Wasp, Astata spp, prob A. boops.

[Lester]

(A) I make a guess at Mason Bee Mason Bee, prob Osmia caerulescens or O leaiana.

Any more positive suggestions please?

[Jason Claxton]

Originally Posted by Lester

(A) I make a guess at Mason Bee Mason Bee, prob Osmia caerulescens or O leaiana.

Any more positive suggestions please?

I bet you mean (B), I'm certain of (A) the Thyridanthrax fenestratus, it is a good find Lester and known at Thursley NNR.

[Jason Green]

Last is a Sphecodes species.

[Lester]

Originally Posted by Jason Claxton

I bet you mean (B), I'm certain of (A) the Thyridanthrax fenestratus, it is a good find Lester and known at Thursley NNR.

Yes your right I mean (B)

[Lester]

Originally Posted by Jason Green

Last is a Sphecodes species.

Bees, Wasps & Ants Recording Society only shows one species for that genus S.monilicornis

Sphecodes monilicornis

I thought Astata spp was close Astata spp.

What sort of keys should I be looking for to separate Astata and Sphecodes spp?