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help with ID


help with ID
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Copyright: Sue Rickhuss (snaphappy) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 158 W: 21 N: 232] (1928)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-04-02
Categories: Insects
Camera: Olympus SP570 UZ
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/60 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-04-12 2:45
Viewed: 397
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
does anyone know what sort of bee this is. i took it in my garden along with 3 other species. it had a striking russet colour about the size of a wasp.
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Hello Sue
this insect is a bumble bee, perhaps a bombus pascuorum but i am not sure
your shot is very beautiful with great sharpness
composition, colors and pse on the green leaves are excellent
TFS Jacqueline

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  • meyerd Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 519 W: 68 N: 1696] (5366)
  • [2009-04-14 11:11]

Hi Sue,
you're right, this is a bee, not a bumble bee. In bumble bees the three ocelli are almost in a line; here they form a clear triangle. Your good, sharp shot allows for an ID: It must be the Tawny mining bee, Andrena fulva. A real beauty, this one!

Thanks for your comment on my picture. I will be gone for a while, so it's good bye to TN until June.

With my best regards
Dietrich

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