Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Megachilidae: possible Osmia
Posted by Isidro on 17-06-2008 00:37
#1
Four or five days ago. Madrid, center Spain, about 800 meters. Habitat: Quercus ilex (very) clear "forest" (or better, isolate Q. ilex trees in a plain zone) with many wild flowers (Ferula, Eryngium, Anacyclus, Jasione, Retama sphaerocarpa...). Continental-Mediterranean climate. Cloudy-rainy day. Size: tiny, about 7-8 mm long.
What species can be?
Thanks.
Regards
Edited by Isidro on 29-06-2008 14:41
Posted by Isidro on 19-06-2008 09:33
#2
Christian...?
Posted by Jose Luis RC on 19-06-2008 11:09
#3
I believe that this Andrena.
Posted by Isidro on 20-06-2008 08:43
#4
Thanks a lot Jos? Luis. Can be recognized the species?
Chtristian, Cthirion...?
Posted by cthirion on 20-06-2008 10:12
#5
Megachilidae perhaps!
Posted by Isidro on 20-06-2008 12:38
#6
Oppps :(
Then, only I can say "Bee", not?
Posted by Jose Luis RC on 21-06-2008 20:55
#7
I only could be sure if I see it wing with its basal ribbing.
Posted by cthirion on 22-06-2008 00:02
#8
The profile of the abdomen does not correspond to Andrena, often much more flattened !;)
Posted by Christian Schmid-Egger on 27-06-2008 12:50
#9
Bee is correct, and Megachilinae also. But I am not able to recognize a genus, most probable it is an Osmia.
Regards, Christian
Posted by Isidro on 29-06-2008 14:40
#10
Thanks a lot.