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	Bombus Muddle by Andy Horton :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Hello, This Bombus picture confused me (got in a right muddle) at first. The Queen had a white tail with slight V-shaped black markings a lemon-coloured band,and an orange band near its head. Images on: http://www.glaucus.org.uk/BBeeID.html What do you make of these pictures? What species? (a sort of test) I think my first choice was right in the end. Cheers Andy Horton glaucus@... Adur Valley Nature Notes http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Adur2006.html http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Adur2007.html Adur Valley Nature Notes: March 2007 http://www.glaucus.org.uk/March2007.html Adur Valley & Downs Gallery http://www.flickr.com/groups/adur/pool/ _______________________________________________ Adastra mailing list Adastra@... http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/adastra http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/adastra-archives
	Re: Bombus Muddle by peter.j.hodge :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Dear Andy, I forwarded your bumble bee query to Mike Edwards and his reply is given below. Peter Hodge. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Edwards To: Peter Hodge Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [Adastra] Bombus Muddle Dear Peter, This is a Bombus terrestris queen. I admit the description sounds like B. vestalis, but the pictures show the basal darker band of B. terrestris, not the patches of B. vestalis. It is not absolutely too early for B. vestalis as it, like its host, has been getting rather earlier, however I have seen only one or two quite this early. A picture of the hind leg would be a good idea and clinch it. Best wishes Mike On 28 Mar 2007, at 15:36, Peter Hodge wrote: Dear Mike, Are you able to help Andy? Peter. ----- Original Message ----- From: British Marine Life Study Society To: BRITISH INSECTS ; ADASTRA Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:48 AM Subject: [Adastra] Bombus Muddle Hello, This Bombus picture confused me (got in a right muddle) at first. The Queen had a white tail with slight V-shaped black markings a lemon-coloured band,and an orange band near its head. Images on: http://www.glaucus.org.uk/BBeeID.html What do you make of these pictures? What species? (a sort of test) I think my first choice was right in the end. Cheers Andy Horton glaucus@... Adur Valley Nature Notes http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Adur2006.html http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Adur2007.html Adur Valley Nature Notes: March 2007 http://www.glaucus.org.uk/March2007.html Adur Valley & Downs Gallery http://www.flickr.com/groups/adur/pool/ _______________________________________________ Adastra mailing list Adastra@... http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/adastra http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/adastra-archives _______________________________________________ Adastra mailing list Adastra@... http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/adastra http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/adastra-archives
	Re: Bombus Muddle by Sean Ashworth :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message I will be away until Tuesday 3April 10th. Alternative contacts are Helen Carter or Katherine Holmes for M&D Saxon House Business, Chris Maclaurin for instrumentation business and Duncan Child for van business. If your email will become irelevant in the above period then please delete it from my inbox. Information in this message may be confidential and may be legally privileged. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify the sender immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. We have checked this email and its attachments for viruses. But you should still check any attachment before opening it. We may have to make this message and any reply to it public if asked to under the Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act or for litigation. Email messages and attachments sent to or from any Environment Agency address may also be accessed by someone other than the sender or recipient, for business purposes. If we have sent you information and you wish to use it please read our terms and conditions which you can get by calling us on 08708 506 506. Find out more about the Environment Agency at www.environment-agency.gov.uk _______________________________________________ Adastra mailing list Adastra@... http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/adastra http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/adastra-archives
	Re: Bombus Muddle by Andy Horton :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Heelo Mike, Thanks a lot for your reply. You are a genius. At least how it seems to me from just a photograph. I might be able to do the same with seashore life, if anybody needs an ID, but I am not so good with flying arthropods. They rarely keep still for a start! More bumblebees at: http://www.glaucus.org.uk/BBeeID.html#IDx6 I am going through a series of self doubt over bumblebees. Cheers Andy Horton glaucus@hotmail.com Adur Valley Nature Notes http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Adur2004.html http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Adur2005.html http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Adur2006.html http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Adur2007.html ><< ( ( ( ' > Peter Hodge-4 wrote: Dear Andy, I forwarded your bumble bee query to Mike Edwards and his reply is given below. Peter Hodge. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Edwards To: Peter Hodge Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [Adastra] Bombus Muddle Dear Peter, This is a Bombus terrestris queen. I admit the description sounds like B. vestalis, but the pictures show the basal darker band of B. terrestris, not the patches of B. vestalis. It is not absolutely too early for B. vestalis as it, like its host, has been getting rather earlier, however I have seen only one or two quite this early. A picture of the hind leg would be a good idea and clinch it. Best wishes Mike On 28 Mar 2007, at 15:36, Peter Hodge wrote: Dear Mike, Are you able to help Andy? Peter. ----- Original Message ----- From: British Marine Life Study Society To: BRITISH INSECTS ; ADASTRA Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:48 AM Subject: [Adastra] Bombus Muddle Hello, This Bombus picture confused me (got in a right muddle) at first. The Queen had a white tail with slight V-shaped black markings a lemon-coloured band,and an orange band near its head. Images on: http://www.glaucus.org.uk/BBeeID.html What do you make of these pictures? What species? (a sort of test) I think my first choice was right in the end. Cheers Andy Horton glaucus@hotmail.com Adur Valley Nature Notes http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Adur2006.html http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Adur2007.html Adur Valley Nature Notes: March 2007 http://www.glaucus.org.uk/March2007.html Adur Valley & Downs Gallery http://www.flickr.com/groups/adur/pool/ _______________________________________________ Adastra mailing list Adastra@lists.sxbrc.org.uk http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/adastra http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/adastra-archives _______________________________________________ Adastra mailing list Adastra@lists.sxbrc.org.uk http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/adastra http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/adastra-archives