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French Jura Mesnois and surroundings 12 - 24 July 2009 |
| Wasps & Bees |
| Abia fasciata | |
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| Tenthredo notha (syn. arcuata) |
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| Tenthredo spec. |
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| Feeding at Cantharis spec. |
| Tenthredo livida | |
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| Eurytoma spec. | ||
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| Amblyjoppa fuscipennis | |
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| Ichneumon sarcitorius | |
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| Male | |
| Andrena flavipes | ||
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| Female feeding at Cichorium intybus | ||
| Halictus spec. | |
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| Apidae | |
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| Bombus cf. humilis | ||
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| Bombus humilis and pascuorum are difficult to identify with certainty... | ||
| Hylaeus cf. signatus | |
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| Identification based on visiting Reseda spec. | |
| Hylaeus spec. | |
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| Osmia cf. leaiana | |
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| Isodontia mexicana | |
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Originally this digger wasp was endemic to North America, but since its introduction in southern France around 1960, the species is expanding its range northward. |
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| Eumenes spec. | |
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| Polistes dominulus | |
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| Male, with characteristic yellow face. | |
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| Female heavily infected with the Strepsipteran parasite, Xenos vesparum. | ||