Yes I meant a superfast visit to the access trail - sadly I was not referring to my broadband access supplied by BT. A very quick visit to the groups of blackthorns along the access trail in cold breezy conditions gave me almost entirely bumblebees today. This Southern Vestal Cuckoo Bumblebee, Bombus vestalis, was clearly demonstrating its habit of holding its wings close together. Its host, Bombus terrestris, always seems to hold its wings significantly further apart, and out an angle, like a fighter jet, and this is generally the quickest way to spot the difference (either that, or the obvious long body and white tail on vestalis usually leads me to my normal snap conclusion).
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