Amazing Bee - Italy (1 Viewer)

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Ghostly Vision

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• Apr 20, 2013

• #1

Hi all

Anyone help me with this lovely bee, seen in Tuscany last week?

No colour enhancements done, in fact in life it looked even more stunning than in the photo.

Thanks in advance

Sean

 

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cameron2

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• Apr 20, 2013

• #2

Sure looks very pretty from the picture. Sadly have no idea of the sp.

 

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Ghostly Vision

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• Apr 21, 2013

• #3

Hi all,

It seems this is a Common Carder Bee, and that southern ones are much brighter in colour than the ones we get in the UK.

Sean

 

Ficedula

velico ergo sum

• Apr 22, 2013

• #4

Ghostly Vision said:

Hi all,

It seems this is a Common Carder Bee, and that southern ones are much brighter in colour than the ones we get in the UK.

Sean

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if this is Bombus, and the structure of the hind tibia suggests that it is, looks more like humilis than pascuorum. but 37 species listed for Italy and i dont know how many are in the carder-bee group.

 

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Ghostly Vision

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• Apr 22, 2013

• #5

Ficedula said:

if this is Bombus, and the structure of the hind tibia suggests that it is, looks more like humilis than pascuorum. but 37 species listed for Italy and i dont know how many are in the carder-bee group.

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Thanks.

Could it be muscorum?

http://www-dimat.unipv.it/cornalba/bombi/sommario_en.php?sp=muscorum

Although pascuorum does look pretty good...

http://www-dimat.unipv.it/cornalba/bombi/sommario_en.php?sp=pascuorum

 

Last edited: Apr 22, 2013

Ficedula

velico ergo sum

• Apr 24, 2013

• #6

Ghostly Vision said:

Thanks.

Could it be muscorum?

http://www-dimat.unipv.it/cornalba/bombi/sommario_en.php?sp=muscorum

Although pascuorum does look pretty good...

http://www-dimat.unipv.it/cornalba/bombi/sommario_en.php?sp=pascuorum

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could be but without being aware with the whole Italian Bombus fauna it is really not identifiable. In fact even if it was a British specimen, useful features to separate humilis from muscorum are not adequately visible.