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 Tiny blue-striped bee
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| eguzki |
Posted on 13-10-2006 15:09
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 Member Location: Perkáta, Hungary Posts: 1140 Joined: 12.10.06 |
Hi, Can I get some indications about this bee? Completely unknown for me. I suppose that it has parasite lifestyle, similar to the Coelioxis sp. I don't know indeed. |
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| eguzki |
Posted on 13-10-2006 15:11
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Member Location: Perkáta, Hungary Posts: 1140 Joined: 12.10.06 |
eguzki wrote: Hi, Can I get some indications about this bee? Completely unknown for me. I suppose that it has parasite lifestyle, similar to the Coelioxis sp. I don't know indeed. Here is the picture, sorry. eguzki attached the following image:  [75.9Kb] |
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| Andre Jas |
Posted on 13-10-2006 18:45
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 Member Location: Georgsdorf, Germany Posts: 485 Joined: 04.10.04 |
Hi Eguzki, I'm not sure, but it could be fungi on this bee. Take a look at: http://www.dipter...post_15867 Andr |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 13-10-2006 19:21
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
No, this is the actual pattern of the bee, not fungus.
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| Xespok |
Posted on 13-10-2006 19:51
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
A somewhat similar bee in Japan is Thyerus decorus. This must be within this or closely related genus. |
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| eguzki |
Posted on 15-10-2006 19:46
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Member Location: Perkáta, Hungary Posts: 1140 Joined: 12.10.06 |
Xespok wrote: A somewhat similar bee in Japan is Thyerus decorus. This must be within this or closely related genus. Thank you! I have also found dozen similar Thyreus sp. In Australia. The question is, do Thyreus sp. live in Europe? The japanese sp. is very similar indeed! |
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| pierred |
Posted on 16-10-2006 04:24
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 Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1471 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Hello, eguzki wrote: The question is, do Thyreus sp. live in Europe? The japanese sp. is very similar indeed! When you have such a question, you should visit Fauna europaea: http://www.faunae... Pierre Duhem |
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| eguzki |
Posted on 16-10-2006 09:31
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Member Location: Perkáta, Hungary Posts: 1140 Joined: 12.10.06 |
pierred wrote: Hello, eguzki wrote: The question is, do Thyreus sp. live in Europe? The japanese sp. is very similar indeed! When you have such a question, you should visit Fauna europaea: http://www.faunae... Hi Pierre, I have visited this site yet, and I couldn't get any info. about Thyreus sp. Probably all of them live in Australasia. |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 16-10-2006 09:59
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Try again typing Thyreus check spelling into the Genus Box Prefixed Sub- bracketed. 12 species are then listed for "Europe" (sensu lato) . Any problems send me a private message. Robert
Edited by Robert Nash on 16-10-2006 10:05 |
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| eguzki |
Posted on 16-10-2006 10:14
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Member Location: Perkáta, Hungary Posts: 1140 Joined: 12.10.06 |
Robert Nash wrote: Try again typing Thyreus check spelling into the Genus Box Prefixed Sub- bracketed. 12 species are then listed for "Europe" (sensu lato) . Any problems send me a private message. RobertThank you Robert! I've got it! Perhaps I made a mistake previously. I guess that my picture shows a Thyreus sp. Greetings, eguzki |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 17-10-2006 13:12
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Eguzki In Australia Thyreus spp seem to be common, but not seen very much, so I think you are lucky to get this nice photo. They are cuckoos of Amegilla spp, the blue banded bees and the charmingly named teddy bear bees. Blue bandeds you see zipping around gardens and flowering grasses a lot - I found them utterly impossible to photograph. The teddy bear bees are like marble sized orange balls of fur cruising purposefully through the bush. See my thread http://www.dipter...#post_6664 picture 5. Susan |
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