Identification of Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants)

Alexey, do you have Andrena morawitzi Thomson 1872 flying in the spring ?

I didn't catch it. But in general, I have a lot of questions about the andras. Most of it was defined in the early 90's, now I'm redefining all my material on this kind, I hope I'll be able to say for sure in the fall.

I didn't catch it. But in general, I have a lot of questions about the andras. Most of it was defined in the early 90's, now I'm redefining all my material on this kind, I hope I'll be able to say for sure in the fall.

well, this kind of andrena is quite easily distinguished from other species, even by its green color. Unless of course something is not so close standing. :-)
This is an early spring species. Having caught it once, I now mark it in almost all the gathering places in the south and center of the region on the willows.

well, this kind of andrena is quite easily distinguished from other species, even by its green color. Unless of course something is not so close standing. :-)
This is an early spring species. Having caught it once, I now mark it in almost all the gathering places in the south and center of the region on the willows.

So either somewhere still stupid, or did not come across. 90 percent of the material is made of Linen.The regions are collected on the Karelian Isthmus, and neither the south, east, or west of the region is practically covered. And any random trip somewhere to the south immediately leads to catching new species. Fauna (and flora) The Karelian Isthmus differs from the fauna of the Luzhsky district (south of the region). Maybe we don't have this species here either. Because the spring fauna (especially visitors to flowering willows) is caught best - after a long winter, you usually catch everything that moves in the mass
Can you save a few copies on the mattress?

Py Sy returned from the east of the region yesterday. According to the andras, the same standard set - A. vaga, A. ruficrus, A. haemorrhoa, A. praecox, A. nycthemera, A. clarkella, A. cineraria
All on flowering willow and dandelions

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. May 12.

Small fry, whose will it be?



Well, I also got an osmium, gnawed muscari, I don't know why-why, can someone clarify?

well, maybe I didn't have it then either. In general, May, willow. Size 11-12 mm. A face covered in black hair. The back is covered with gray or orange-tinged hairs, rather thick. The abdomen is black in sparse scattered light hairs on 1-2 tergites, then in short dark ones. There are no side spots. The hind legs are red with light hairs. Anal fringe dark
For me so A. morawitzi
first photo with broken color reproduction.






This post was edited by akulich-sibiria - 14.05.2014 16: 50

Good day!
Help me "call" pliiz.
Today, Moscow region.About 4mm.

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Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. May 12.



Well, I also got an osmium, gnawed muscari, I don't know why-why, can someone clarify?

Nest however builds. She doesn't need any more muscari leaves. Well, nectar-refuel....

Nest however builds. She doesn't need any more muscari leaves. Well, nectar - to refuel....

I knew that nests were made from pieces of leaves. But in this case, she was just chewing on them, not cutting them out and taking them away. Or maybe I didn't notice.

And no one has any versions for the small bee?

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. May 14.

long-whiskered is a male Eucera sp, you probably have few options there, perhaps longicornis Linnaeus, 1758.

Good day!
Help me "call" pliiz.
Today, Moscow region.About 4mm.

Actually, this is not a webbing, but a fruit fly (family Tephritidae). Before the genus and, especially, the type I will not undertake to determine, because the wings are poorly visible.
Throw it in the diptera section, maybe one of the specialists will be able to "call" you using this image.

Aha fly of the Tephritidae I think. They also fall into sticky traps when mowing in gardens)

I knew that nests were made from pieces of leaves. But in this case, she was just chewing on them, not cutting them out and taking them away. Or maybe I didn't notice.

And no one has any versions for the small bee?

Small - Seladonia sp.
And the nests of Osmia bicolor are not made from pieces of leaves, but from a paste made from them, these are not megahills.

Small - Seladonia sp.
And the nests of Osmia bicolor are not made from pieces of leaves, but from a paste made from them, these are not megahills.

Thank you for the science! I thought that once one family, then all leaf cutters.

From Seladonia we have S. confusa, S. leucahenea, S. subaurata, and S. tumulorum. Only S. confusa seems to have dark legs. Can I consider my own as such?

Thank you for the science! I thought that once one family, then all leaf cutters.

From Seladonia we have S. confusa, S. leucahenea, S. subaurata, and S. tumulorum. Only S. confusa seems to have dark legs. Can I consider my own as such?

And yet, they say that among them there are builders made of clay, from plant fibers and fluff, and even a lot of nest parasites...

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. May 8.

Very fine membrane, mm 3 probably.



And goosebumps from Noah's Ark:

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. May 8.


And goosebumps from Noah's Ark:

Ants of the genus Myrmica. Well, I don't think the view can be determined from such images.

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. May 8.

Very fine membrane, mm 3 probably.

a wingless rider from the genus Gelis or something close by. even trying to define them is absolutely useless, because "there are no heroes in their homeland". I used to take them to ZIN, but from there I was sent to Western Europe, where they usually send me in such cases

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From Seladonia we have S. confusa, S. leucahenea, S. subaurata, and S. tumulorum. Only S. confusa seems to have dark legs. Can I consider my own as such?

The photo is certainly not very good, but I'm not even sure that this is Seladonia

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. May 8.


And goosebumps from Noah's Ark:

Now he was looking at myrmica on a large monitor. A thought occurred to me... Isn't there a photo where you can clearly see the antennal fossa? Well, the first segment of the stem is still good on the side.....

Now he was looking at myrmica on a large monitor. A thought occurred to me... Isn't there a photo where you can clearly see the antennal fossa? Well, the first segment of the stalk is still good on the side.....

Alexander, thank you for your hard work! There are no more detailed pictures, I'm still a very good photographer. I had to shoot with my hands, the auto ISO jumped out as much as 2500, and even squeezed the hole to 1/16 - what kind of detail is there.
Let it be Myrmica sp.

On the trail. I went to the same place every day, shooting with a tripod, but at ISO 100; f / 16, the shutter speed became
1/6 s. and, therefore, faster. And the detail is not very good because the aperture is too tight.
This is 100% of the crop frame. Still not consider it. Maybe the view is already different.

Good day. Please define it. N. Novgorod, the other day.

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. May 15.

On the trail. I went to the same place every day, shooting with a tripod, but at ISO 100; f / 16, the shutter speed became
1/6 s. and, therefore, faster. And the detail is not very good because the aperture is too tight.
This is 100% of the crop frame. Still not consider it. Maybe the view is already different.

Alas!.. Let it be Myrmica sp.

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. May 8.

Similar to Myrmica rubra or ruginodis, most likely rubra - the distance between the ends of the spines is longer than the length of the spines, on the first segments of the abdomen there are no obvious wrinkles. What kind of biotope and soil are there? rubra occurs more frequently in clay-rich moist soils and is generally more common than ruginodis.

This post was edited by Seneka - 19.05.2014 11: 21

Similar to Myrmica rubra or ruginodis, most likely rubra - the distance between the ends of the spines is longer than the length of the spines, on the first segments of the abdomen there are no obvious wrinkles. What kind of biotope and soil are there? rubra occurs more frequently in clay-rich moist soils and is generally more common than ruginodis.

Thanks!
Murashikov shot on water meadows, the soil is clayey and moist. Most likely Myrmica rubra.

Thanks!
Murashikov shot on water meadows, the soil is clayey and moist. Most likely Myrmica rubra.

Guys, this is a fortune telling on coffee grounds! Myrmicks are several dozen species. The differences between them are minimal. Here we can only talk about the types that can be and those that can not be. Ruginodis, in my opinion, disappears. Myrmica rubra-maybe, but no matter how hard I tried , I didn't see the very characteristic antennal pits. It may well be Myrmica rugulosa... In general, for your places, in my opinion Myrmica rubra and Myrmica rugulosa are most likely. And who it really is - from such photos, even Radchenko will not say. Alexander Grigoryevich, by the way, does not undertake to determine mirmika even from very high-quality photos. The chance of making a mistake is too great.

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. May 15.

Like Andrena haemorrhoa

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. May 8.





This post was edited by Woodmen - 05/20/2014 12: 01

The lens is the most important thing. I don't have a single normal picture without it. Either a " big " studio light with softboxes and strips, or a small flash and a jar of yogurt At the very least, a table lamp and a pipe made of a piece of paper

I just now got around to making a reflector for a ring flash. However, not from a jar of Yogurt, but from a plastic white bucket. I'm absolutely thrilled! In my opinion, the quality immediately improved! Thank you so much for your excellent advice! Hats off! Here are some Lasius fuliginosus turned out (and what a delicate color the aphid wings have!):

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Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. May 8.
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Lasioglossum of some sort, probably.
By the way, the last photo clearly shows the main difference between the genus Halictus (according to the "green" identifier) and other genera. Do you see the pubescent longitudinal groove on the 6th tergite? Definitely galikt.

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Here are some Lasius fuliginosus turned out (and what a delicate color the aphid wings have!):

Wonderful photo! And the view itself is very nice. I really like to watch them in nature.

Alexey, have you watched anything about my bee?

Early May, spring view. Krasnoyarsk Territory. Just over 1 mm. The casing is shagreen, in rather dense spots. The face is covered with light rather long hairs. 2-part us. is equal to the next three. The eye grooves are quite long and wide. Srednespinka in dense points, opaque. It is covered with thick dirty-white to reddish tint hairs. The gap. the segment is without wrinkles, with thick hairs on the sides, curved at the top. The 1st tergite is quite shiny, with rare weak spots, the remaining tergites are shagreen, with almost imperceptible points at the base of the hairs. The acetabular tuft of hairs is well developed. The hairs on the first tergite are shaggy, raised, on the rest much less. Anal fringe in light, and in the center in brownish hairs. Vertebral bandages are widely interrupted on 2-3 tergites, almost continuous on 4. The hind legs are black, the hairs are light.
On the green garbage comes out A. derbentina (Caucasus), on the DV A. lathyri, but something is wrong.

Please tell me who it is. It was found in the Moscow region on 21.05.2014.

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Stellate sawfly-weaver Acantholyda posticalis (= nemoralis) (Pamphiliidae)
I'm not sure about the view, because I'm not a specialist.

I would not be so categorical with the genus-nothing from the diagnostic signs is visible

Alexey, have you watched anything about my bee?

I can't object - in my opinion, it is completely correct.
It seems to be with us. However, I don't have it in my fees. Hurtful.

 
On the green garbage comes out A. derbentina (Caucasus), on the DV A. lathyri, but something is wrong.

Something awfully familiar...Now I will sleep and blurt out a fresh head