Steven Falk, author and entomologist, is running a 2 day Bee and Hoverfly identification course. Attendees can do 100% bee work if they wish. Steven will show you how to identify, record and (where necessary) collect these important pollinators and explain their ecology and conservation requirements. Microscopes and specimens will be provided and there will also be local excursions to see living bees and hoverflies in a variety of habitats (on the beautiful Oxfordshire Downs near the famous White Horse).
Berrycroft Farm, West Oxfordshire
Price: £70 for 2… Read more
Steven Falk, author and entomologist, is running a 2 day course looking at bees and hoverflies. Attendees can do 100% bee work if they wish. This will include an introduction to the key differences between various bee genera, and work on prepared specimens using a microscope using Steve's widely available and much-praised keys.
Berrycroft Farm, West Oxfordshire
Price: £70 for 2 days (accommodation not included)
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To create a new species account first you will need to add a new term to the taxonomic hierarchy.
Add a new term to the taxonomic hierarchy
Point to:
>Structure
>Taxonomy (NOT Taxonomy Menu)
>Taxonomy hierarchy
>Edit
Click "List"
Click "Add Term"
>in the "Name" box enter the name of the species e.g. Halictus scabiosae
> in the "Description" box enter "Species" (without the " ")
>click "Save and go to list"
Check the taxonomic hierarchy for the new species. You will… Read more
BWARS has not yet produced an account for this species. Meanwhile, on this page you can find at least a provisional distribution map, any images BWARS has procured for the species and a list of known synonyms (names previously applied to this species).
The work of mapping aculeate Hymenoptera, plus describing their life histories, is the major activity that BWARS undertakes. Should you have an interest in recording and studying aculeates, you may like to consider joining BWARS and supporting our activities, by making records of species in areas you visit. To complete species… Read more
Previously regarded as a variety of Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802), P. testacea was raised to species status by Csösz & Seifert (2003), on good morphological and ecological evidence. It is also a senior synonym of P. coarctata var. crassisquama (Emery, 1916), (Scupola, 2006).
BWARS has not yet produced an account for this species. Meanwhile, on this page you can find at least a provisional distribution map, any images BWARS has procured for the species and a list of known synonyms (names previously applied to this species).
The work of mapping aculeate Hymenoptera, plus describing their life histories, is the major activity that BWARS undertakes. Should you have an interest in recording and studying aculeates, you may like to consider joining BWARS and supporting our activities, by making records of species in areas you visit. To complete species… Read more
Linepithema humile (formerly Iridomyrmex humilis) better known as The Argentine Ant originates from South America. It has been spread by humans to many parts of the world and has become established in areas that have a warm climate. It has only rarely been found in Britain and then usually in hothouses or buildings. It is an invasive species which forms large or very large colonies of cooperating, interconnected nests with many queens.