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Project Noah Nature School
Nature ( close up ) photography ; special focus on insects ( solitary bees !!) or amphibians ( caecilians, salamanders and newts).
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indeed a Sphecodes. sphecodes are actually parasite bees ...
thanks for the compliments ;-)
Belle prise. Une espece que je n'ai pas encore eu la chance de voir a Rousson ...
Hoi Lauren, actually I'm a nature lover with a large macro lense around my neck rather then doing scientific research ;-) As a hobbyist I have an interest in hymenoptera and specifically in wild / solitary bees. I did make a book on our local Andrena ( ecology, how to identify the species , .... ) . We've been on our annual holyday in Rousson for quite some years now (hoping to add more years to that) and each year I photograph more species. Currently I think I have +500 identified species of that area on image (and about 3.000 of my own country - Belgium). I enjoy wandering around and make close up / macro shots which sometimes reveals interesting and surprising details which cann't always be seen that easy with the naked eye... so it's a photographic discovery trip after which start the quest to id the 'models' to species level ;-) and for which I can luckyly also count on the help of some specialists too ;-)
No Tristan , didin't see it. Would that not be a too small prey for these rather large beetles ? I would suspect that with the speed and agility they display they would easier attack flies and other insects ? I find them alot around mining bee nests , but actually never saw them attacking one ... could be more because they prefer the same sandy soils and thus share only the same habitat. The larvae however could eventually attack ants...but I yet have to find the first larvae ;-)
looks like a pupae of a moth or butterfly ...
Looks like the start of a wasp / hornet nest ...
See here for comparaison on a French nest : http://intruigingnature.photodeck.com/-/...
Awesome animals, which I failed to see during my Apalachian salamander trip ...
Well don't know all of them either... but -with help of others in terms of id- , I have been ale to id quite alot of species so far and I am further trying to extend this ;-)
If you don't do yet, you can also enter your observations at www.waarnemingen.be or in French I guess www.observations.be . There are teams in there that help with id the species too...
Looks like an oedemera species possibly nobilis/ flavipes ?
