Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bee identification
Posted by buggub on 06-05-2012 16:48
#1
Hi,
can you please id this bee species. The nest is in the ground.
Thanks.
Posted by buggub on 07-05-2012 21:30
#2
Forgot to mention that this bee was photographed in Slovenia.
Posted by buggub on 07-05-2012 21:33
#3
another photo
Posted by buggub on 07-05-2012 21:39
#4
Here is the video when she cleans the entrance. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdll/7007371516/ .
One question, does this bee species uses the silk to hold the soil in her nest hole. Maybe i am very wrong but it looks like this on the video.
Edited by buggub on 07-05-2012 21:42
Posted by Gerrit Oehm on 07-05-2012 21:43
#5
I would say Adrena sp.
But I do not know the species.
Posted by Marc T on 10-05-2012 07:58
#6
Hi together, the specimen might be too "plump" for Andrena sp., I'd say it might rather be an Anthophora plumipes female (not sure!).
Sometimes they dig their nests in dry soil, as far as I know they line the nest chambers with some waxy secretion.
Brgds, Marc