[ID]A wasp, bee and a LLF

[Jason Green]

Good afternoon WAB'ers!

Just three species please...


1. Vespula germanica?
Following four days of hearing the shed being chewed, I finally photographed the culprit... is it a German wasp by the markings?


2. A megachile?
I'm a bit confused by the location of the red hairs, I thought they were usually on the TOP of the thorax and/or abdomen, not apparently below! Though this may just be wear of course.


3. A delichopus sp.?
I imagine this may be a bit hard to ID, so it may just remain a Delichopus sp..

Thank you.

Take care,

Jason

[oxycera]

fly is not a 'doli'; it's one for Laurence.

[Jason Green]

Maybe not a Doli, but it's still a long-leggedy though?

[oxycera]

well, I suppose its all relative though it doesn't strike me as particularly long-legged. 'Dolis', as a family are usually easy to recognise just on overall appearance although I did make a bad blunder with one on an earlier post.

[eucera]

The bee is a female Megachile -and could be M. centuncularis. All Megachiline bees that collect pollen (Megachile, Osmia, Heriades, Anthidium, Chelostoma, Hoplitis) collect pollen on the undersides of their abdomens. It is a characteristic of the sub-family

[Jason Green]

Ok, thanks Eucera!