Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bee

Posted by Isidro on 18-11-2007 20:47
#1
This beautiful bee was in Sabi?anigo, Aragon, Spain, about 800 meters high in a river zone with flowers. It sizes about 15 mm long -same size than a honey bee.

What bee can be?

aycu18.webshots.com/image/35537/2000427729538471376_rs.jpg

Thanks

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 18-11-2007 22:15
#2
Halictidae family?

Joaquim Gaspar

Posted by Christian Schmid-Egger on 18-11-2007 22:33
#3
Colletes species,

regards, Christian

Posted by Isidro on 19-11-2007 07:48
#4
Thanks... and what Colletes?

Posted by Susan R Walter on 20-11-2007 15:16
#5
Isidro

Try this site http://homepages....lcome.html

Posted by Christian Schmid-Egger on 23-11-2007 10:49
#6
Nice site, but I think not helpfull for Colletes from Portugal. Numer of species in Portugal is 3-4x higher than in the Neatherlands (with some recently described species), and even in the Netherlands or Central Europe, species ID by photo is normally not possible in this genus.

Regards, Christian