Xylocopa valga is extinct in Latvia and Lithuania and is critically endangered in Poland, and its distribution in the Ejina Oasis, China, is currently unknown. There is also the intriguing possibility that there is more than one nesting site in the East Midlands. Studies on the biology of X. valga are scarce, and thus, conservation efforts for this species are currently limited. There is also one British representative of the small carpenter bees in the genus Ceratina, another worldwide anthophorine genus with hundreds of species. It is not particularly aggressive, and will attack only if forced to. The large scale (3m.X1.5m) printed version of the map is displayed at the Caucasus Biodiversity Exhibition of the S. Janashia Museum of Georgia. They had previously seen Xylocopa on three occasions at scattered sites in Jersey between 1979 and 1989. In Georgia found especially in Gori, Dmanisi, Tbilisi, Lagodekhi. Following an internet forum report of Xylocopa-like bees over-wintering in a dead tree in a Shepshed garden, the householder concerned posted some photos of the bees, which confirmed there identity as Xylocopa species. Polytrophic. Feeds on the nectar and pollen of flowering plants. However, since it has now, apparently, successfully nested and overwintered here there seems to be no reason why it should not increase and spread all over England. Distribution: Occurs everywhere in the Caucasus except for high mountain areas. This is the the very small, shiny blue Ceratina cyanea, uncommon and very localised in southern England, which excavates its nest burrows in dead pithy stems, mainly of bramble. Then, a week later, news started appearing on the "Wild about Britain" website of Xylocopa nesting last summer in an old apple tree at Shepshed, north of Leicester, where at least eight individuals had been seen by Derick Walton, the owner of the garden. It is possible that the bees have been imported in timber and have gone on to establish in the area. Feeds on the nectar and pollen of flowering plants. In February I heard from a naturalist living on the west coast of Wales, at Borth, Cardigan, that she and her husband had seen two, or possibly three, very large shiny black bees last August on two consecutive days in their garden, coming to flowers of tree mallow and buddleia. In India, any all-black species of Xylocopa are referred to by the common name "bhanvra" (or "bhomora" - ভোমোৰা - in Assamese), and reports and sightings of bhanvra are commonly misattributed to this species; however, this species is found only in the northern regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. Hylaeus signatus male emerging from roost. From close study of the photographs (and using a bit of computer enhancement), it looks certain that the species involved is Xylocopa violacea. In Georgia found especially in Gori, Dmanisi, Tbilisi, Lagodekhi. He and his wife Margaret had seen at least five of these bees flying around there on the same day which suggests that they were almost certainly breeding there. These were almost certainly Xylocopa and the fact that there were two or three may indicate that they were breeding in the area. Each description, prepared by a field specialist, provides key information about each species. This nursery imports plants from Italy and an adjoining company there imports timber from Eastern Europe so this specimen may well have been accidentally introduced. Creation of the website was entirely supported by the. Stuart reports that "The householder has had up to EIGHT in his garden at one time (in 2006), and so I think we can state categorically that the species has bred here, and successfully over-wintered. Since 2003 there has been a steady trickle of records of singletons, mainly from the south-east, but last December I reported three records for 2006, two of which were from the north. interested in participating in a survey for This is also the first report of X. valga occurring in the Białowieża Forest, where it was captured visiting flowers of Lychnis flos-cuculi L. in a sandy grassland adjacent to the forest in the vicinity of Grudki, a small village near Białowieża. VU (Vulnerable). with NBN Atlas, There had in fact already been a single record of a female nesting in a fence post at Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, as long ago as 1920, but unfortunately the post, with the nest, was removed before the end of the summer and sent to the Natural History Museum, London. Commonly they are to some degree metallic in color, the males more conspicuously so, and the face of the males has yellow maculations. Browse the list of datasets and find organisations you can join if you are Remark: Relictual species, belongs to a tropical group. Photos of the nest holes in the apple tree appeared and news that there were about five individuals already flying around on warm days in February. Lizzy Peat also visited the garden and was able to confirm that Xylocopaare present. Get NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE - GEORGIA to the desired address! Lizzy Peat also visited the garden and was able to confirm that Xylocopa are present. Use our online forum to join the conversation about nature in the UK. Almost certainly it also nested last summer in Sark, Channel Islands and possibly elsewhere. Also in the Crimean Peninsula and Turkmenistan. I had originally contacted David Kendall of Kendall Bioresearch to ask whether this species could have been present in Cheshire  and he directed me to your website where I was amazed to see the same bee reported in Leicester. At last photos were displayed of one of these bees on the apple tree and it is clearly a male X. violacea because the two segments near the end of the antennae are reddish. datasets have provided data to the NBN Atlas for this species. I am sure this is a first.". Many species in this enormous genus are difficult to tell apart; most species are all black, or primarily black with some yellow or white pubescence. BWARS members Stuart Roberts andLizzy Peat have followed up reported sightings of the large and impressive bee genus Xylocopaover-wintering in Shepshed, Leicestershire. Last year I learnt that the bee had been spreading northwards in Europe in recent years, especially in Germany but also in Normandy, France where it was now being found up the west coast of the Cherbourg peninsular, opposite Jersey. Conservation status (International): Creation of the first ever illustrated Map of Biodiversity in the South Caucasus was entirely supported by the GIZ “Integrated Biodiversity Management, South Caucasus” Project. It is also native to Asia. Autochthonous to the Mediterranean. Polytrophic. Following an internet forum report of Xylocopa-like bees over-wintering in a dead tree in a Shepshed garden, the householder concerned posted some photos of the bees, which confirmed there identity as Xylocopa species. Most large carpenter bees in the genus Xylocopa, with over 730 species worldwide, most of them tropical and subtropical, excavate nest burrows in dead wood. On the printed map there are 98 species represented, with their Latin, Georgian and English names and their conservation status according to IUCN. In October 2003 (BW 15:64) I predicted that, because of the recent increase in records of this vagrant species, it could well start breeding in this country. In June 2006 I found it even further north, about 25 miles from Cherbourg. I have now heard that this bee also bred successfully last year, also in an old apple tree in a garden, on the northern fringes of Tonbridge, Kent. Some differ only in subtle morphological features, such as details of the male genitalia. Lizzy Peat, a committee member of BWARS, visited the site a few days later and saw five X. violacea around the apple tree. X. violacea is, with X. valga, the largest solitary bee in Europe, similar in size to some of the largest bumblebee queens, and is a member of a subfamily of Anthophorinae. Xylocopa violacea, the violet carpenter bee, is the common European species of carpenter bee, and one of the largest bees in Europe. Both British carpenter bees have similar life histories; at the end of the summer both sexes enter the the old nest burrows, where they overwinter, and the females may therefore live for more than a year. Strangely enough I have also heard that another Xylocopa was seen in early June, coming to flowers at a nursery about 20 miles north of the original nest site at Shepshed. The new generation should have emerged at both sites in July. Xylocopa valga is extinct in Latvia and Lithuania and is critically endangered in Poland, and its distribution in the Ejina Oasis, China, is currently unknown. species like Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758). Habitat: Forest outskirts, meadows, fields, gorges, also orchards. We at least thoroughly enjoyed seeing such a strange and beautiful insect in our garden! Abstract. Anyway I thought you may be interested in our sighting even if we cant verify with a photo or voucher. ©Bees Wasps & Ants Recording Society 2020. He was unable to catch any to make a positive identification, in case it was the very similar species X. valga. Stuart Nixon sent the following report to BWARS: I would like to report a sighting of  what we believe was Xylocopa violacea in Tattenhall ,Cheshire on the 14th of July 2007. From David Baldock: Extract from an item published in British Wildlife journal April 2007. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Poland. Compiled distribution map provided by [data resource not known], This map contains both point- and grid-based occurrences at different resolutions. From David Baldock: Extract from an item published in British Wildlife journal August 2007. In the first stage we have incorporated 120 illustrations and basic biodiversity information on species found in the South Caucasus (mostly Georgia) on the electronic version of the map. It successfully overwintered and three were seen by the garden owners in March at rosemary flowers. In collaboration with the National Geographic Magazine-Georgia and the Georgian National Museum supported by Silknet, the Map of Biodiversity in the South Caucasus and its website were recently created. Males of some species differ confusingly from the females, being covered in greenish-yellow fur. VU (Vulnerable), Conservation status (National): In my previous report, in April, I mentioned the first successful breeding of the Violet Carpenter Bee Xylocopa violacea last summer in Leicestershire and noted that it was an odd place for a colonist to be nesting.

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