| A small bee, Epeolus
cruciger is common on areas of heathland in and
around the Sherwood Forest area. It is a cleptoparasite
of Colletes succinctus and C. marginatus. There
are recent records from Budby South Forest, Sherwood
Heath and Oak Tree Heath. The UK has one other species of
Epeolus, but identification of the two species
is fraught with difficulty from photographs and a
specimen really needs to be taken. Our thanks go to
Martin Warne, who kindly supplied us with the bottom two photographs. |
