Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Halictus scabiosae. Coastal area in southern Spain

Posted by Maherjos on 27-03-2011 18:51
#1
Photograph taken on March 26, 2011, in the wetlands of the Suárez Pond in Motril, Granada, Spain.
Immediate area of the Mediterranean coast.

www.hispabase.com/galeria/albums/userpics/10895/Avispa%20o%20abeja.jpg

Thank you for your help. Greetings
Edited by Maherjos on 27-03-2011 19:51

Posted by Sara21392 on 27-03-2011 19:14
#2
I think Apoidea!

Posted by Juergen Peters on 27-03-2011 19:37
#3
Hi!

I think, Halictus scabiosae or something near it.
http://www.hymis....1=pictures

Posted by Maherjos on 27-03-2011 19:37
#4
Sara21392 wrote:
I think Apoidea!


Thank, Sara. I add that option.
Greetings

Posted by Maherjos on 27-03-2011 19:46
#5
Juergen Peters wrote:
Hi!

I think, Halictus scabiosae or something near it.
http://www.hymis....1=pictures


I think your view may be correct. Correlate well with other images found on the website of an insect very similar and the same flower.
http://www.bwars.com/halictus_scabiosae.htm

Very grateful. Greetings

Posted by pierred on 30-03-2011 11:53
#6
Hello,

The criterion is the double bands on the tergites.

Posted by Maherjos on 30-03-2011 17:32
#7
pierred wrote:
Hello,

The criterion is the double bands on the tergites.


Paul, grateful for the information you contribute to the identification of the insect.

Greetings