Anthophora (Clisodon) furcata (Panzer, 1798)

Bees.


Remember this post about bees?

Well, meet the diagonal second from the top left corner:

Photographed in Bosham, West Sussex, UK, in June 2013, Using an Olympus E-420 DSLR, with a Zuiko 40-150mm lens and 3 KOOD magnifiers.

This solitary (read - unwilling to sting) bee is, unless I'm very much mistaken (possible), 

Anthophora (Clisodon) furcata

(Panzer, 1798)

- Anthophorini

- Apinae            

- Apidae              

- Anthophila          

See also Andrena nigroaenea

-[nested within the Crabronidae]         

See also Astata tropicalis

- Apoidea                     

- Aculeata                       

See also Vespula germanica and Synagris proserpina.

- Apocrita                           

- Hymenoptera                     

- Hymenopterida                    

- Endopterygota                       

See also Anthia fornasiini, Demetrias atricapillus, Neojulodis vittipennis, Melolontha melolontha, Cheilomenes lunata, Oedemera noobilis, Malachius bipustulatus, Otiorhynchus atroapterus, Phyllobius pomaceus, Hagenomyia tristis, Panorpa germanica, Chloromyia formosa, Senaspis haemorrhoa, Helophilus pendulus, Episyrphus balteatus, Metadon inermis, Diasemopsis meigenii, Dolichotachina caudata, Megistocera filipes, Acada biseriata, Sphinx ligustri, Anthocharis cardamines, Metisella willemi, Laelia robusta, Zebronia phenice, Crambus pascuella and Nemophora degeerella. 

- Eumetabola                                      

See also Pephricus, Grypocoris stysi, Ranatra and Anoplocnemis curvipes. 

- Neoptera                                             

See also Humbe tenuicornis, Lobosceliana loboscelis, Cyathosternum prehensile, Heteropternis thoracica, Stictogryllacris punctata, Tettigonia viridissima and Sibylla. 

- Manopterygota                                       

See also Enallagma cyathigerum, Pseudagrion hageni, Lestinogomphus angustus and Rhyothemis semihyalina.

- Pterygota                                                   

- Dicondylia                                                   

- Insecta                                                           

- Hexapoda                                                        

- Arthropoda                                                        

See also Ligia oceanica, Dicranopalpus ramosus, Hyllus argyrotoxus, Alopecosa barbipes, Enoplognatha ovata, Argiope bruennichi and  Pardosa amentata.

- Ecdysozoa                                                             

- Protostomia                                                             

- Nephrozoa                                                                 

See also Syncerus caffer, Hipposideros vittatus, Synchiropus splendidus, Thelotornis capensis, Trachylepis varia, Zootoca vivipara, Lygodactylus capensis, Troglodytes troglodytes, Chalcophaps indica, Ardea goliath, Sterna hirundo, Burhinus vermiculatus, Tockus alboterminatus, Rana temporaria and Chiromantis xerampelina.

- Bilateralia                                                                       

- Eumetazoa                                                                        

- Animalia                                                                             

- Eukaryota                                                                             

And that is all, folks.

For information, pictures and a reasonable - if not particularly user-friendly - identification resource for British bees and wasps, try BWARS' website.

Nemophora degeerella (Linnaeus, 1758)

'Micromoths' are often dismissed as being small, dully coloured and uninteresting.

This one is certainly small:

Photographed June 2012 near Wimborne, Dorset, UK, using Olypus E-420 DLSR, with Zuiko 40-150mm lens and 3 KOOD magnifiers.

This picture doesn't do it full justice - in addition to the metallic colouring across its head and wings, the broad yellow stripe across its wings is accompanied by two narrow purple stripes which - for the purposes of a more interesting angle, aren't visible here.

Sorry, and all that.

Anyhow, this lovely little creature, perhaps better known as a (DeGeer's) Fairy Longhorn Moth belongs to:

- Adelinae     

- Adelidae        

- Incurvarioidea 

- Incurvariina       

- Monotrysia          

- Heteroneura          

See Also Crambus pascuella, Zebronia phenice, Laelia robusta, Metisella willemi, Acada biseriata, Anthocharis cardamines and Sphinx ligustri.

- Neolepidoptera         

- Glossata                      

- Lepidoptera                  

- Amphiesmenoptera        

- Panorpida                         

See also Megistocera filipes, Dolichotachina caudata, Diasemopsis meigenii, Metadon inermis, Episyrphus balteatus, Helophilus pendulus, Senaspis haemorrhoa, Chloromyia formosa and Panorpa germanica.

- Endopterygota                      

See also Andrena nigroaenea, Astata tropicalis, Vespula germanica, Synagris proserpina, Anthia fornasiini, Demetrias atricapillus, Neojulodis vittipennis, Melolontha melolontha, Cheilomenes lunata, Oedemera noobilis, Malachius bipustulatus, Otiorhynchus atroapterus, Phyllobius pomaceus and Hagenomyia tristis.

- Eumetabola                               

See also Pephricus, Grypocoris stysi, Ranatra and Anoplocnemis curvipes.

- Neoptera                                      

See also Humbe tenuicornis, Lobosceliana loboscelis, Cyathosternum prehensile, Heteropternis thoracica, Stictogryllacris punctata, Tettigonia viridissima and Sibylla.

- Metapterygota                                

See also Enallagma cyathigerum, Pseudagrion hageni, Lestinogomphus angustus and Rhyothemis semihyalina.

- Pterygota                                           

- Dicondylia                                           

- Insecta                                                   

- Hexapoda                                                

- Arthropoda                                                

See also Ligia oceanica, Dicranopalpus ramosus, Hyllus argyrotoxus, Alopecosa barbipes, Enoplognatha ovata, Argiope bruennichi and  Pardosa amentata.

 - Ecdysozoa                                                    

- Protostomia                                                    

- Nephrozoa                                                        

See also Syncerus caffer, Hipposideros vittatus, Synchiropus splendidus, Thelotornis capensis, Trachylepis varia, Zootoca vivipara, Lygodactylus capensis, Troglodytes troglodytes, Chalcophaps indica, Ardea goliath, Sterna hirundo, Burhinus vermiculatus, Tockus alboterminatus, Rana temporaria and Chiromantis xerampelina.

- Bilateralia                                                             

- Eumetazoa                                                              

- Animalia                                                                    

- Eukaryota                                                                    

And that's all, folks.



As always, the place to go for British Moths is UKMoths. Enjoy.

Syncerus caffer caffer (Sparrman, 1779)

This is not a water-buffalo.

Semi-captive - photographed on a privately owned game-range, in Lusaka, Zambia, in August 2011 using an Olympus E-420 DSLR with 40-150mm lens. 

As the nominate subspecies, it doesn't really need an adjective, and can just be called the Buffalo. Sorry, Americans, but Bison bison is clearly a bison, not a buffalo. 

As already stated, it is also not a water-buffalo. If you are so attached to your colloquial names for what was formerly the most numerous component of the Nearctic megafauna - a title now held by the cosmopolitan ape, Homo sapiens - then you may refer to this lovely creature as an African Buffalo or, if you are certain that it belongs to this particular (the nominate) subspecies, the Cape buffalo.

If you feel like avoiding the term buffalo altogether, you could call it:

Syncerus caffer caffer

(Sparrman, 1779)

 - Bovini  

- Bovinae 

- Bovidae   

- Pecora       

- Ruminantia  

- Cetruminantia

- Artiofabula      

- Cetartiodactyla  

- Ferungulata         

See also Hipposideros vittatus.

- Laurasiatheria        

- Boreoeutheria          

- Eutheria                     

- Theria                          

- Mammalia                     

- Cynodontia                     

- Theriodonta                      

- Therapsida                          

- Sphenocodontidae                

- Sphenocodontia                      

- Eupelycosauria                         

- Synapsida                                    

- Amniota                                         

See also Synchiropus splendidus, Thelotornis capensis, Trachylepis varia, Zootoca vivipara, Lygodactylus capensis, Troglodytes troglodytes, Chalcophaps indica, Ardea goliath, Sterna hirundo, Burhinus vermiculatus and Tockus alboterminatus.  

- Reptiliomorpha                                       

- Tetrapoda                                                  

See also Rana temporaria and Chiromantis xerampelina.

- Sarcopterygii                                                 

- Osteichthyes                                                   

- Teleostomi                                                         

- Gnathostomata                                                     

- Vertebrata                                                               

- Craniata                                                                    

- Chordata                                                                      

- Deuterostomia                                                                

- Nephrozoa                                                                          

See also Tettigonia viridissima, Stictogryllacris punctata, Heteropternis thoracica, Cyathosternum prehensile, Lobosceliana loboscelis, Humbe tenuicornis, Sibylla, Pephricus, Grypocoris stysi, Ranatra, Anoplocnemis curvipes, Hagenomyia tristis, Phyllobius pomaceus, Otiorhynchus atroapterus, Malachius bipustulatus, Oedemera noobilis, Cheilomenes lunata, Melolontha melolontha, Neojulodis vittipennis, Demetrias atricapillus, Anthia fornasiini, Synagris proserpina, Vespula germanica, Astata tropicalis, Andrena nigroaenea, Panorpa germanica, Chloromyia formosa, Senaspis haemorrhoa, Helophilus pendulus, Episyrphus balteatus, Diasemopsis meigenii, Metadon inermis,Dolichotachina caudata Megistocera filipes, Crambus pascuella, Zebronia phenice, Laelia robusta, Metisella willemi, Acada biseriata, Anthocharis cardamines, Sphinx ligustri, Rhyothemis semihyalina, Pseudagrion hageni, Enallagma cyathigerum , Lestinogomphus angustus, Ligia oceanica, Dicranopalpus ramosus, Hyllus argyrotoxus, Alopecosa barbipes, Enoplognatha ovata, Argiope bruennichi, Pardosa amentata.

- Bilateralia                                                                               

- Eumetazoa                                                                                

- Animalia                                                                                      

- Eukaryota                                                                                      

  

  

And that, folks, is all. 

This delightful pair were photographed at Parays game farm - like them on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Parays-Animal-Sanctuary/168769346520490