Mastodawn

I made a full edition of my alfalfa leafcutting bee (Megachile rotundata) cutting a leaf. The alfalfa leafcutting bee is a solitary bee originally from Europe which has been spread to all continents but Antartica for agriculture. In North America it has become feral and widespread. 🧵1/2

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/4445575303

#linocut #printmaking #bee #Megachile #solitaryBee #pollinator #washi

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Dec 1

Newly described ‘lucifer’ bee found visiting critically endangered plant in Australia https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/newly-described-lucifer-bee-found-visiting-critically-endangered-plant-in-australia/ paper: https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/166350/element/4/417/

"In 2019, Kit Prendergast was surveying the #insects visiting an incredibly rare plant in the #BremerRanges of Western #Australia when a bee grabbed her attention. Prendergast and her colleague dug deeper and found that the native bee, now named #Megachile lucifer, is a #NewSpecies. The species name refers to the female’s large, devil-like horns."

Scientific Frontline Nov 10

A new native #bee species with tiny devil-like “horns” named #Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer has been discovered in Western Australia’s Goldfields, highlighting how much remains unknown about Australia’s native pollinators.
#Entomology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/ent11102501.html

Devilishly distinctive new bee species discovered in WA Goldfields

DNA barcoding confirmed the male and female were the same species and that it didn’t match any known bees in DNA databases

mgerique May 24, 2025

Perfect landing.
A bee genus Megachile (if I am not mistaken) lands on a flower Asclepias curassavica.
iPhone 15 Pro main camera + homemade macro lens for close focusing.

Una abeja género megachile (si no me equivoco) atteriza sobre una flor de Asclepias curassavica.

Eine Biene der Gattung Megachile (wenn ich mich nicht irre) landet auf einer Blüte von Asclepias curassavica.

#macro #macrophotography #shotoniphone
#insects #animals #nature
#megachile