Male Georgia mason bee (Osmia georgica) backed into a nesting tunnel in the observation wing of my backyard insect hotel. For some reason the males love these tunnels but the females, who do all the nest provisioning, never move in. He's just loitering, waiting for the temperature to warm up and for the females to arrive in the area. #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #MasonBees #bees #insects #nature

Morning light on the insect hotel and ADUs. No visitors yet, but I've seen male Osmia nearby so won't be long. New to the hotel this year are offerings of pithy stems (hydrangea, rose) to hopefully attract small carpenter bees (Ceratina) and digger wasps (Pemphredon). #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #bees #wasps #insects #hymenoptera #pollinators #biology

Awareness is a thing.

#Upcycled #DIYProject #Conservation #HabitatCreation #BugHotel #CreativeReuse #Handmade #InsectHotel #Biodiversity #RecycledMaterials

Insect hotel made of shells. Of course, it needs to be under a roof to protect it from the rain. Insects love it! #insects #insecthotel #shells #insectlove

#FotoVorschlag: Löchrig // Full of holes

Die einen sehen nur Löcher, die anderen ein Mehrfamilienhaus // Where some see just holes, others see a block of flats


#Natur #nature #Insektenhotel #insectHotel #bugHotel #insectHouse #Insektenhaus #Farnsehen #MoorpfadTarmstedt

Grass-carrying wasp (probably Isodontia mexicana) inside her nest at one of my insect hotels. Second pic is deeper in the nest and shows the paralyzed tree crickets (Oecanthus sp.) that are food for her progeny. #InsectHotel #wasps #hymenoptera #crickets #insect #nature #entomology

#insecthotel #Wemmel #NikonD600 #Nikon

#ecology #InsectHotel #nature #wood 🪵🪲🐝🐜

Isodontia mexicana, a grass-carrying wasp that provisions nests with paralyzed tree crickets. This individual emerged from a cocoon that was in the observation panel of my insect hotel. I'm hoping this year that some will move into the pitcher plant (Sarracenia sp.) that I have growing in my new mini pond. Because apparently they do that. #InsectHotel #wasps #crickets #insects #sarracenia

Five second video of a parasitic cuckoo wasp at one of my insect hotels. I love how their antennae are always in motion. And their huge eyes. And their metallic color. But huge pain to ID. #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #CuckooWasp #chrysididae #insects #bees #wasps