This forum is a place to discuss matters related to BWARS and general matters related to aculeates.
It is not intended as a forum for identification queries. We may add this feature in due course, but meanwhile, if you need help identifying bees, wasps and ants, please use either iSpot or the BWARS forum on Yahoo.
Nomada zonata Panzer, 1841, Nomada lepeletieri Pérez, 1884, Nomada pusilla_homonym Pérez, 1884, Nomada planiscuta Saunders, 1908, Nomada navasi Dusmet y Alonso, 1913, Nomada scutellata_homonym Friese, 1921
Added to the British checklist, from two sites in Kent, by Falk and Earwaker (2019). Download the paper here.
Bumblebees of North East England, covering Northumberland and County Durham, has been published by the Natural History Society of Northumbria. Much of the data included was recorded by BWARS members. Northumbrian Naturalist Volume 87 is available from the NHSN
2020 BWARS Long Weekend Field Meeting in East Devon in conjunction with Clinton Devon Estates and the RSPB
Date: 26th – 29th June
The event is being organised to better understand the aculeate fauna of the Pebblebed Heaths which have been under recorded for a considerable number of years.
The vast majority of these extensive lowland heaths are within the ownership of Clinton Devon Estates who have kindly agreed to host this event. The heaths are managed by a consortium of interested parties including the RSPB and the Pebblebed Heaths Conservation Trust.
Steven Falk has produced six very useful "crib Sheets" to help people distinguish the groups of look-a-like bumblebees. They can be downloaded from the Identification Guides page
Hylaeus signatus male emerging from roost
Pseudomalus auratus
