Hedychrum nobile/niemelai?
Posted: 19 Jul 2021 13:18
I found a group of Chrysids just last week (7/2021) in Rhenen, the Netherlands and we got as far as Hedychrum nobile/niemelai for the colourful one. We are now wondering about the smaller one, it could be a male of nobile/niemelai or it could be a gerstaeckeri it seems. Can anyone here help me?
The picture that shows the hair on the head was made by a friend and is used with her permission; all other pictures are my own.
The flower is a standard bramble flower, which should give you an idea of the size.
for other pictures see https://waarneming.nl/observation/220067649/ ; I can't seem to manage more than one picture in this post
thanks a lot,
Nick W