Efeu_Seidenbiene_609shts_Mitu20_1_40s_0,001mm_ISO100
Colletes hederae Schmidt & Westrich 1993 ♂
Photo Thorben Danke - sagaoptics.de
Efeu-Seidenbiene / Ivy Bee
Merkmale / Morphologic features:
Was ist zu sehen:
Tergitbinde: => Ausschnitt des Hinterleibes = Abdomens, unterer Rand von Tergit 3 mit gelbem, horizontalem Haarband. Beachte die Fiederung dieser Haare.
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What we can see here:
Hair-band on tergite: => detail of abdomen. caudal edge of tergite 3 with horizontal, yellow, hair-band. Not the feathery hairs.
Funddatum /Collection Date:
17.09.2019: - colony showing full flight activity.
09.10.2019: Latest two females found crawling at nesting site during rain shower. Entrance holes were still visible but partially obscured, possibly by weather erosion.
25.10.2019: even though weather was sunny, and the slope of the nesting site was fully sun exposed, no bee was seen. Neither, any of the entrance holes could be identified.
Fundort /Location:
Heidelberg, Dossenheim, Schauenburg
Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park, Kellereistraße 36
Dez. 49.458869N 8.678778O
Geogr. 49°27'31,9"N 8°40'43,6"O
UTM 32U 476722 5478518
Sammlungsnummer / collection code:
Lkn32
Geschlecht / Sex:
Männchen / male ♂
Größe des Exemplars / Size of specimen
~ 10mm
Größenvergleich zur Honigbiene / size comparison to honey bee: www.flickr.com/photos/143115576@N02/48780691121/in/datepo...
www.flickr.com/photos/143115576@N02/48780867862/in/datepo...
Bemerkungen / Notices:
Beobachtet auf Hedera helix Paarung in einer nahbeigelegenen Nist-Kolonie am 17.09.2019 beobachtet. Die zahlreichen Ausgänge der Kolonie wurden von mir im November 2018 entdeckt. Jedoch flogen zu dieser Zeit keine Bienen. / Mating observed in nearby nesting-colony observed on Sept. 17. 2019. The nest opening were discovered in November 2018 but no bees were seen then.
The species is one of three sibling species with:
Colletes halophilus Verhoeff, 1944;
Colletes succinctus Linnaeus, 1758
Bestimmungsreferenz / Reference of determination:
1.Amiet, F., A. Mueller, and C. J. Praz. 2017. Fauna Helvetica 29: Apidae 1: Apis, Bombus. SEG & CSCF, Solothurn.
2.Amiet, F., A. Müller, and R. Neumeyer. 1999. Fauna Helvetica 4: Apidae 2: Colletes, Duforea, Hylaeus, Nomia, Nomioides, Rhopitoides, Rophites, Sphecodes, Systropha. Schweizerische Entomologische, Neuchâtel.
3. Westrich, P. 2019. Die Wildbienen Deutschlands, 2nd ed. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart.
Fotoinformation / Photo- Information
Sony A7RIII
Stack mit 609 Bildern.
0,001mm Schrittweite,
Mitutoyo 20x APO,
Raynox DCR-150,
ISO100
1/40s
(Photo by Thorben Danke - sagaoptics.de)
Efeu_Seidenbiene_609shts_Mitu20_1_40s_0,001mm_ISO100
Colletes hederae Schmidt & Westrich 1993 ♂
Photo Thorben Danke - sagaoptics.de
Efeu-Seidenbiene / Ivy Bee
Merkmale / Morphologic features:
Was ist zu sehen:
Tergitbinde: => Ausschnitt des Hinterleibes = Abdomens, unterer Rand von Tergit 3 mit gelbem, horizontalem Haarband. Beachte die Fiederung dieser Haare.
/
What we can see here:
Hair-band on tergite: => detail of abdomen. caudal edge of tergite 3 with horizontal, yellow, hair-band. Not the feathery hairs.
Funddatum /Collection Date:
17.09.2019: - colony showing full flight activity.
09.10.2019: Latest two females found crawling at nesting site during rain shower. Entrance holes were still visible but partially obscured, possibly by weather erosion.
25.10.2019: even though weather was sunny, and the slope of the nesting site was fully sun exposed, no bee was seen. Neither, any of the entrance holes could be identified.
Fundort /Location:
Heidelberg, Dossenheim, Schauenburg
Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park, Kellereistraße 36
Dez. 49.458869N 8.678778O
Geogr. 49°27'31,9"N 8°40'43,6"O
UTM 32U 476722 5478518
Sammlungsnummer / collection code:
Lkn32
Geschlecht / Sex:
Männchen / male ♂
Größe des Exemplars / Size of specimen
~ 10mm
Größenvergleich zur Honigbiene / size comparison to honey bee: www.flickr.com/photos/143115576@N02/48780691121/in/datepo...
www.flickr.com/photos/143115576@N02/48780867862/in/datepo...
Bemerkungen / Notices:
Beobachtet auf Hedera helix Paarung in einer nahbeigelegenen Nist-Kolonie am 17.09.2019 beobachtet. Die zahlreichen Ausgänge der Kolonie wurden von mir im November 2018 entdeckt. Jedoch flogen zu dieser Zeit keine Bienen. / Mating observed in nearby nesting-colony observed on Sept. 17. 2019. The nest opening were discovered in November 2018 but no bees were seen then.
The species is one of three sibling species with:
Colletes halophilus Verhoeff, 1944;
Colletes succinctus Linnaeus, 1758
Bestimmungsreferenz / Reference of determination:
1.Amiet, F., A. Mueller, and C. J. Praz. 2017. Fauna Helvetica 29: Apidae 1: Apis, Bombus. SEG & CSCF, Solothurn.
2.Amiet, F., A. Müller, and R. Neumeyer. 1999. Fauna Helvetica 4: Apidae 2: Colletes, Duforea, Hylaeus, Nomia, Nomioides, Rhopitoides, Rophites, Sphecodes, Systropha. Schweizerische Entomologische, Neuchâtel.
3. Westrich, P. 2019. Die Wildbienen Deutschlands, 2nd ed. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart.
Fotoinformation / Photo- Information
Sony A7RIII
Stack mit 609 Bildern.
0,001mm Schrittweite,
Mitutoyo 20x APO,
Raynox DCR-150,
ISO100
1/40s
(Photo by Thorben Danke - sagaoptics.de)