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  1. Wildwood

    ID please - Saskatchewan, Canada

    It's a solitary digger wasp in the genus Crabro and a male due to the shield-like extensions on the front legs. The colouring/shape of the shields is usually distinctive to species so I would imagine it'll be Crabro latipes: http://bugguide.net/node/view/396811
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    Bumblebee ID help please!

    1st: B. pascuorum 2nd: Can't see head - if it was long, B. hortorum; if it was short, possibly B. jonellus (a heath/moor species). 3rd: B. terrestris. (2 & 3 are definitely different bees).
  3. Wildwood

    Bee ID

    Yes, Bombus hypnorum.
  4. Wildwood

    ID needed for a couple of Insects please

    1st: A male mason wasp (Eumeninae) and probably an Ancistrocerus sp. 2nd: Probably a male Nomada goodeniana, which is a cuckoo bee.
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    Tree Bumble bees nesting

    Try here with links to distribution maps at bottom: http://www.bwars.com/index.php?q=content/bombus-hypnorum-mapping-project
  6. Wildwood

    Suffolk Bee ID please

    A female Anthophora plumipes, or the 'hairy-footed flower bee'.
  7. Wildwood

    Two Bumble Bee ID's

    The first one may very well be Bombus ruderarius as it has red hairs on the tibia and is female. The second could be one of three: Bombus pascuorum, B. muscorum or B. humilis. I wouldn't like to say which one though. Might be best to email the pics for another opinion to the Bumblebee...
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    Nomad Bees - Lancashire

    1 & 2 could be Nomada flava, but it could also be N. panzeri or a couple of others.. 3 & 4 is probably N. marshamella.
  9. Wildwood

    Small dark bee in UK - can anyone help ID?

    Looks like a species of Lasioglossum.
  10. Wildwood

    Bee ID

    It's a mining bee - Andrena carantonica (used to be called Andrena scotica).
  11. Wildwood

    Bumble Bee ID March

    From what I can see - ginger thorax, black abdomen and white tail - Bombus hypnorum.
  12. Wildwood

    Comment by 'Wildwood' in media 'WASP SPECIES?'

    Looks like a species of Paper wasp - Polistes sp.
  13. Wildwood

    Comment by 'Wildwood' in media ''Smile, you're on Candid camera''

    Nice pic. This one is a male (long antenna) so is harmless. Only females possess stings.
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    Hornet/Wasp attacking beetle Sagres Portugal

    Just to clarify: only the newly produced queens overwinter to found new nests the following spring. The original founding queen also dies in the autumn along with the workers and males she produced. Queens live approx one year, workers and males a few weeks. Old nests are not normally re-used...
  15. Wildwood

    Digger wasp

    It's an Ectemnius sp.
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