Anthidium punctatum Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/7.1 1/320 iso 160 Prague, Czech Republic 7/20/2020 #Bees #Apidae #Hymenoptera #Megachile #LeafCutter #Insect #invertebrate #Macro #Grasslands

This week’s #InsertAnInvert2024 prompt is about babies & childcare so I am of course going to talk about bees! Bees, famously care for & feed their young. Most are familiar with honeybees & how honey itself is produced to feed larvae in the hive. They communicate about pollen sources through dance! A worker bee can return to the hive & through the way it aligns itself 🧵1/n

#linocut #multimedia #printmaking #Megachile #leafcutter #sciart #pollinator #wildbees #typography #entomology #MastoArt

This critter was pretty well hidden in a small pocket between the base of a swamp milkweed leaf and the stem. ID apps think its some kind of leafcutter bee, but I was unable to get a view of it that would give me more confidence in the ID.

#leafcutter #bee #Photography #MacroPhotography #nature #insect #macro #pollinators

#Leafcutter #ants #iceland #xmas

They arrived here this summer

And are happy

A Happy #FungiFriday ! 🍄 8am@JP
あさ8時 🍄 #菌曜日 です!

#Leafcutter ants create #mushroom fields by nibbling leaves, but… 🌿🐜

When infected with the #zombie fungus, they do not return to the nest and continue chewing the stems, becoming a field of fungal fruiting bodies.🧟‍♂

Cherish the lives that go around♻️
Wishing you a wonderful day
 
#ハキリアリ は葉っぱを噛んで #キノコ畑 を作りますが…🌿🐜

#ゾンビ菌 に感染したら、巣に帰らず茎をかじったまま菌の子実体の畑になります🧟‍♂

巡る命を大切に♻️素晴らしい一日を
#aiart #bingimagecreator #BingImageCreater

Dahlia ‘Southern Belle’ with a leaf cutter bee “bite” out of one of the petals, those sneaky little buggers. #dahlia #leafcutter #bee

When a leaf cutter bee makes future plans, it carves out little moons to keep them safe.

#leafcutter #bee #photography

#photography #leafcutter #bee

Not sure I've ever really 'seen' one of these before.

Pure fluke, and I am not sure I will ever better this photo.

#Photography #Leafcutter #Bee #Nature