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 Andrena male and female?
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| Alvesgaspar |
Posted on 03-03-2008 00:02
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 Member Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 573 Joined: 24.08.07 |
A small bee after a rain shower, still unable to fly. I found plenty of them on flowers, some looking dead. Looks like Halictus genus but I have no idea of the species. About 6mm long. Joaquim Gaspar Lisboa Alvesgaspar attached the following image:  [123.9Kb] Edited by Alvesgaspar on 09-03-2008 17:05 |
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| Alvesgaspar |
Posted on 03-03-2008 00:03
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Member Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 573 Joined: 24.08.07 |
... another view
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| cthirion |
Posted on 03-03-2008 10:21
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Member Location: Awirs (Flémalle) Belgique Posts: 901 Joined: 13.08.04 |
Apoidea Andrenidae ....for Christian
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| Alvesgaspar |
Posted on 08-03-2008 20:12
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Member Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 573 Joined: 24.08.07 |
Let me see if Christian is around |
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| Christian Schmid-Egger |
Posted on 09-03-2008 08:58
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Member Location: Germany, Berlin Posts: 233 Joined: 05.08.05 |
I am back from Lanzarote now. Nice trips, with many beautifull insects. The present bee is an Andrena male, more ID is not possible. regards, Christian |
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| Alvesgaspar |
Posted on 09-03-2008 17:04
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Member Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 573 Joined: 24.08.07 |
Thank you, Christian. Then I suppose that the following one, with a full load of pollen, is a female of the same species?...
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| Christian Schmid-Egger |
Posted on 09-03-2008 18:34
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Member Location: Germany, Berlin Posts: 233 Joined: 05.08.05 |
Yes, it is a female, and perhaps of the same species. It may be of the humilis-group, but this is only an idea. Andrena is a very difficult genus, ritch in species, and I know only the Central European species (about 120 sp.), which mostly are also impossible to ID by photo. In Spain/Portugal, you have probably more than 200 sp... Regards, Christian P.s. Yesterday in the late evening, I was in Faro/Portugal, but for some minutes only, because our airplane took new fuel :-) |
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