Posted by Isidro on 18-08-2007 22:33
#1
Last weekend at Vallibierna Valley, Huesca, Aragon, Spain, at about 1700 meters high. Habitat: alpine prairies with florwers and some zones of pine forest (Pinus uncinata). Size: maybe 1 cm (much lesser than the enormous Anthidium that feed in my garden in Zaragoza, at 200 meters...)
Is possible the ID?
Thanks ;)
Posted by pierred on 19-08-2007 15:58
#2
Hello,
It seems me that the males are identifiable by the spines on the end of the abdomen. I'm not sure at all, anyway, that this is a male.
Posted by Christian Schmid-Egger on 20-08-2007 16:47
#3
Only some males are identifiable by the abdominal spines. Normally, other characters are needed. In the present specimen, I cannot say what species it is. Number of Anthidium species in the mediterranean area is very high.
Posted by Isidro on 20-08-2007 19:21
#4
Thanks to both. It's a pity that the identification was impossible...