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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Leaf minner bee Megachile centuncularis.
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Jimena, Andalusia, Spain
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Jimena, Andalusia, Spain
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Jimena, Andalusia, Spain
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Jimena, Andalusia, Spain
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Lateral. Scale bar 1 mm.Male, first specimen for Sweden.
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Chinon, Centre region, France
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Osmia cornuta mating - Nikon D90 + Tamron 90mm macro f:2.8 - SB900 Strobe
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Frontolateral.Male, first specimen for Sweden.
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Megachile erythropyga femaleI thought I had photos of the same species native bee but on looking at the photos they have different numbers of white stripes on the abdomen. I like the little Hemiptera bug drinking the nectar on one of the flowers.I need to mention that these photos were taken over a period of a number of hours on different populations of these little flowers.
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A welcome visitor to our garden this week. This one is a male. It has a number of sharp points at the the end of its abdomen. Females have a tapered pointed end to their abdomen. "Coelioxys bees are cuckoo bees (or 'cleptoparasites') which lay their eggs inside the nests of other types of bees in a similar way as cuckoo birds lay eggs in the nests of other types of birds. ...The eggs hatch into Coelioxys larvae which kill the leafcutter bee young and also eat the food stored for them."
www.aussiebee.com.au/coelioxys-bee-dec2011.htmlPhoto: Jean
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A welcome visitor to our garden this week. This one is a male. It has a number of sharp points at the the end of its abdomen. Females have a tapered pointed end to their abdomen. "Coelioxys bees are cuckoo bees (or 'cleptoparasites') which lay their eggs inside the nests of other types of bees in a similar way as cuckoo birds lay eggs in the nests of other types of birds. ...The eggs hatch into Coelioxys larvae which kill the leafcutter bee young and also eat the food stored for them."
www.aussiebee.com.au/coelioxys-bee-dec2011.htmlPhoto: Jean
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A welcome visitor to our garden this week. This one is a male. It has a number of sharp points at the the end of its abdomen. Females have a tapered pointed end to their abdomen. "Coelioxys bees are cuckoo bees (or 'cleptoparasites') which lay their eggs inside the nests of other types of bees in a similar way as cuckoo birds lay eggs in the nests of other types of birds. ...The eggs hatch into Coelioxys larvae which kill the leafcutter bee young and also eat the food stored for them."
www.aussiebee.com.au/coelioxys-bee-dec2011.htmlPhoto: Fred