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 Greek hymenoptera - Colpa sp?
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 22-10-2007 09:32
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
Photographed on the 6th October, Skala, Kefalonia. Several feeding on this particular plant on sand dunes.
Smoggycb attached the following image:  [65.95Kb] Edited by Smoggycb on 29-10-2007 16:14 |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 22-10-2007 13:45
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2058 Joined: 26.04.07 |
It looks like Bembix. I never have seen this magnific plant (Echinophora spinosa) |
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 24-10-2007 08:45
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
Thanks Isidro. I wondered about Bembix, but am very poor at Hymenoptera! And it's nice to put a name to this plant. it was the only species on the dunes in flower and attracted many bees and wasps. |
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| Christian Schmid-Egger |
Posted on 25-10-2007 19:40
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Member Location: Germany, Berlin Posts: 233 Joined: 05.08.05 |
I am not sure about the family, perhaps it is a Scolioidae. In any case, it is not a Bembix (Pronotum reaches tegulae, so a Vespoidea comes is probable). Regards, Christian |
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| cthirion |
Posted on 25-10-2007 22:13
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Member Location: Awirs (Flémalle) Belgique Posts: 901 Joined: 13.08.04 |
Scolioidea 
cthirion |
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 27-10-2007 13:26
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
Thanks guys. Scolioidea at least gives me somewhere to start with an internet search! |
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| Pierre-Nicolas Libert |
Posted on 27-10-2007 13:37
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Member Location: Belgium Posts: 82 Joined: 31.08.04 |
If you like to search on the net, look to this : http://www.atlashymenoptera.net/page.asp?id=51
Pierre-Nicolas |
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 29-10-2007 16:13
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
Thanks Pierre. It looks very much like the species of Colpa illustrated on the website. |
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