Sections » Adrena http://www.locusviridis.co.uk/sections The ramblings of a British Entomologist Fri, 28 May 2010 16:54:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Photographs From Langdon Hills http://www.locusviridis.co.uk/sections/archives/635 http://www.locusviridis.co.uk/sections/archives/635#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:37:04 +0000 L Livermore http://www.locusviridis.co.uk/sections/?p=635 These photos are slightly delayed because I formated my computer over the weekend, replaced some parts and switched from taking jpegs to raw images. The aquisition of a larger capacity memory card and hard drive has meant that storage space is less of a concern, at least for now!

I posted the bee photos on Flickr a few days ago, hoping that some of my contacts would help with identifications, which they did – thanks Tristan.

I saw two species of Adrena but have yet to identify them, and one species of bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. Aside from some Diptera, this was all that I encountered.

iAndrena sp. on lesser celandine. This was a very small bee, around 5-7mm.

Andrena sp. on lesser celandine. This was a very small bee, around 5-7mm.

Andrena sp., possibly Andrena clarkella. There were a lot of these in the same place, on the bark of the tree and around the surrounding earth. At one point there were over ten of them.

Another Andrena sp. (male). There were a lot of these in the same place, on the bark of the tree and around the surrounding earth. At one point there were over ten of them.

If the weather is good tomorrow I will visit Langdon Hills again.

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