Bath Wildlife Sightings

Colletes hederae (Ivy Bee), Haycombe Lane, Englishcombe, ST7263

Confirmed

Date first seen

Date last seen

Frequency of Sighting

Species

Colletes hederae Schmidt & Westrich - 1993 (Ivy Bee)

Evidence

Flying furiously over their nest-holes and visiting Ivy flowers

Quantity

Large colony

Locality

Haycombe Lane, Englishcombe

Habitat

Sunny earthen bank

Environmental Conditions

Warm and sunny

Grid Reference

ST720632

Other Information

This species is now well established in the area but its nest-sites are not so easy to locate. Photo by David Hall.

Recorded by

Bath Natural History Society

Identified by

Rob Randall