Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae spec? => bee
Posted by HTK on 21-07-2013 20:15
#1
Flies photographed yesterday resting on an old wicker chair in our garden. Location: 50 km west of Cologne. Could you help me identify the species?
Edited by HTK on 22-07-2013 09:10
Posted by HTK on 21-07-2013 20:18
#2
Another photo:
Posted by rvanderweele on 21-07-2013 20:33
#3
Sorry, it is a bee, not a diptera
Posted by HTK on 21-07-2013 21:36
#4
Hi Ruud,
it's nice to hear from you, and thank you very much for your helpful comment. So you caught me on the wrong track here.:o I should have noticed, for example, the second wing pair, but the behaviour of this bee was so much like that of a syrphid that I didn't have any doubts and didn't look close enough. Anyway, it explains that I couldn't find the species in any of the keys although I tried hard.
Best wishes,
Hans Theo
Edited by HTK on 22-07-2013 09:12
Posted by rvanderweele on 21-07-2013 22:34
#5
you're welcome, Hans Theo
Posted by HTK on 21-07-2013 23:46
#6
“By seeking and blundering we learn.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As I assume that Paul will move the threat to the
Other insects section: Does anyone know what bee species? Osmia spec.?
Edited by HTK on 22-07-2013 09:25
Posted by Marc T on 22-07-2013 09:28
#7
Hi Hans Theo,
it's a Megachile sp., female. But I can't tell you which species and I don't know, if ID is possible via pic. If you want, try at http://forum.hymis.de
Best regards,
Marc
Posted by HTK on 22-07-2013 10:00
#8
Hi Marc,
thank you very much for your help and for narrowing the field. I'll have a closer look at the Megachile section in Bellmann's guide first. Trying the hymis forum is a good idea.
Best regards,
Hans Theo