Cambridgeshire flower ID with unknown insect on board (1 Viewer)

[colincurry]

Need help on this flower please which we cannot see in our books; also any ideas on the insect?

Thanks

Colin

 

[Butty]

Salsify Tragopogon porrifolius - similar to goatsbeard (which is in your books), but not a UK native.
Some hymenopteran? sawfly maybe??

 

[THE_FERN]

Salsify Tragopogon porrifolius - similar to goatsbeard (which is in your books), but not a UK native.

Some hymenopteran? sawfly maybe??

Bee I'd say

 

[colincurry]

thanks

colin

 

[DoghouseRiley]

Hi Colin
I am no expert, in fact I post a few queries here myself but this looks like something I ca across a year or so ago. If I recall correctly I was told that it was a Megachile sp. But very difficult if not impossible to narrow down from my picture.
The other bee that I had identified her was Osmia caerulescens (Blue Mason Bee). To my uneductaed eye, it look quite similar to the Megachile and is not blue, at least not what I call blue.
Hope this helps a little.
Gareth
PS. When you posted "Flower" in the title, all the insect guys ran away. I would repost it as "Bee" - I suspect you'll get some of the experts one the case then.

 

[Ficedula]

Need help on this flower please which we cannot see in our books; also any ideas on the insect?

Thanks

Colin

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The bee is probably Andrena but that is as far as I can go.