Took a little detour up a residential street on the way to the grocery store today and saw so many different bees!! (Despite the preponderance of traditional neatly manicured Old Italian People lawns.)
Haven't a clue what families/genera most of these are, suggestions welcome!
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A photo from warmer days. Heriades sp. leafcutter bee, St. Louis.
Un mascle d'abella solitària Rhodanthidium sticticum. Una espècie estretament lligada a les closques de cargol buides, ja que són utilitzades tant per a la nidificació com per a refugiar-se quan les condicions meteorològiques són adverses.
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The Autumn Joy sedum (_Hylotelephium telephium_) at Christie Pits is positively mobbed by all kind of bees! Most just feeding, but _Anthidium_ wool carder bees were also mating.
#bugstodon #insects #bees • #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Megachilidae
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