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Hello all,
Wonder if anyone out there could ID these Bee's for me please ? I found them on the North Downs at Crundale (Kent ) early evening ,they were clustered around grass heads ,I reckon I saw about 30-40 groups of these bee,s with up to thirty on a single grass head ………. never seen them before.
Regards Allan.W. PS; SORRY THE PICS ARE A BIT IFFY,THERE WERE SO MANY JOSTLING ABOUT ,THEY JUST WOULDN,T SIT STILL !!

Alan
I think we need an ant expert to ID the species.
Regards W

I've seen similar bees on the north downs near box hill and Dorking. I'll have a look through my photos to see if I managed to get a name on them when I'm home this evening. Alternatively if you're on Facebook you could try posting on one of the Bee groups on there.

Lasioglossum calceatum ?

https://sites.google.com/site/naturegui ... sioglossum

https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/e ... m_bees.htm

Thanks for the help Gents ! Charles I reckon that you,re spot on with (Lasioglossum Calceatum ) certainly looks like my bees,
described as Common and widespread ,but I must say I,ve never seen any before ! Thanks again All !
Regards Allan.W.

it's been a pleasure