Ants, bees and wasps
Ants, bees and wasps are all members of the order 'Hymenoptera': insects generally with two pairs of wings, and second only to the beetles (Coleoptera) in terms of numbers of species. There's a society dedicated to them at Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society
The list below contains the species of solitary bees known from the Wildspace area (other hymenoptera lists to be added soon). Solitary bees actually make up 95% of the total of bee species known in the UK. As fairly conspicuous insects, the great majority have common names as well as Latin ones - and what a fine range of names they are!
For more about Wildspace solitary bees, check out this poster, produced by Mark Welch
If you would like to see what they look like, go to the website of the National Biodiversity Network and type the Binomial name of the species into the 'Search for Taxa' box. Or simply use Google search.
Logging species is an important aspect of our work in Ely Wildspace. If you would like to find out more please visit our page on Biological Recording
Binomial name | Common name |
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Andrena bicolor | Gwynne's Mining Bee |
Andrena chrysosceles | Hawthorn Mining Bee |
Andrena cineraria | Ashy Mining Bee |
Andrena dorsata | Short-fringed Mining Bee |
Andrena flavipes | Yellow-legged Mining Bee |
Andrena fulva | Tawny Mining Bee |
Andrena haemorrhoa | Orange-tailed Mining Bee |
Andrena minitula | Common Mini-miner |
Andrena nigroaenea | Buffish Mining Bee |
Andrena nitida | Grey-patched Mining Bee |
Andrena praecox | Small Sallow Mining Bee |
Andrena scotica | Chocolate Mining Bee |
Andrena synadelpha | Broad-margined Mining Bee |
Andrena tibialis | Grey-gastered Mining Bee |
Andrena trimmerana | Trimmer's Mining Bee |
Anthophora plumipes | Hairy-footed Flower Bee |
Chelostoma florisomne | Sleepy Carpenter Bee |
Coelioxys inermis | Shiny-vented Sharp-tail Bee |
Colletes hederae | Ivy Bee |
Halictus tumulorum | Bronze Furrow Bee |
Heriades truncorum | Ridge-saddled Carpenter Bee |
Lasioglossum albipes | Bloomed Furrow Bee |
Lasioglossum calceatum | Common Furrow Bee |
Lasioglossum morio | Green Furrow Bee |
Lasioglossum pauxillum | Lobe-spurred Furrow Bee |
Lasioglossum punctatissimum | Long-faced Furrow Bee |
Megachile centuncularis | Patchwork Leafcutter Bee |
Megachile ligniseca | Wood-carving Leafcutter Bee |
Megachile willughbiella | Willughby's Leafcutter Bee |
Nomada fabriciana | Fabricius' Nomad Bee |
Nomada ferruginata | Yellow-shouldered Nomad Bee |
Nomada flava | Flavous Nomad Bee |
Nomada flavoguttata | Little Nomad Bee |
Nomada goodeniana | Gooden's Nomad Bee |
Nomada lathburiana | Lathbury's Nomad Bee |
Nomada marshamella | Marsham's Nomad Bee |
Nomada panzeri | Panzer's Nomad Bee |
Nomada ruficornis | Fork-tailed Nomad Bee |
Osmia bicolor | Red-tailed Mason Bee |
Osmia bicornis | Red Mason Bee |
Osmia caerulescens | Blue Mason Bee |
Osmia leaiana | Orange-vented Mason Bee |
Sphecodes ephippius | Bare-saddled Blood Bee |
Sphecodes geoffrellus | Geoffroy's Blood Bee |
Sphecodes monilicornis | Square-headed Blood Bee |
Sphecodes puncticeps | Sickle-jawed Blood Bee |
Stelis phaeoptera | Plain Dark Bee |