Rospannel Farm
Wildlife Notes From Rospannel
Farm
Bees
Hymenoptera
Wasps
Mining bee (Andrena haemorrhea)
(Chrysis ignita) Ruby-tailed wasp
Leaf-cutter bee (Megachile centuncularis)
(Ammophila sabulosa) Sand wasp
Cuckoo bee (Nomada lineola)
(Anophlius viaticus) Spider-hunting wasp
Flower bee (Anthophora plumipes)
(Vespula vulgaris) Common wasp
Honey bee (Apis mellifera)
(Vespula germanica) German wasp
White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
(Nomada Marshamella) bee that looks like a wasp
Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
White tailed bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
Black red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Yellow-banded red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
Ginger bumblebee (Bombus pascourum)
Tawny mining bee (Andrena fulva)
Lasioglossum calceatum
Andrena labiata
Anthophora plumipes
Notes
The cuckoo bee is parasitic
on the mining bee. There are many species of the examples above and
are difficult to identify.If anyone knows the correct
English names for the bumblebees could you please let me know.
Saw-flies etc.
Symphyta
Saw-fly (Tenthredo arcuata)
(Urocerus gigas) Horntail
Diplazon laetatorius
Ophion luteus
Red ant ( Myrmica rubra)
Myrmica ruginodis
Black garden ant (Lasius niger)
Lasius fuliginosus
Yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus)
Formica fusca
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If you would like more information you can contact us, Bernard and
Rosemary Hocking at
gbernard@v21.me.uk
or write to
Mrs.Rosemary Hocking
Rospannel Farm
Crows-an-Wra
Penzance
Cornwall
U.K.
TR19 6HS