#andrena

[atlanticflyway]

A mustached mining bee (Andrena sp.)

[cnestus]

excellent chompers on this little fella. male mining bee, Andrena sp., tentatively IDed as A. frigida.

[resedaluteola]

Here she isssss - a model !!! (Andrena flavipes, adult female)

[synalpheus]

Pictures from a couple days ago :).

Top: Male of Chrysochraon dispar (GER: Große Goldschrecke), Center: An artistically challenging Northern Dune Tiger Beetle Cicindela hybrida (GER: Dünen-Sandlaufkäfer), Bottom: A female Black Mining Bee, Andrena pilipes (GER: Kohlschwarze Sandbiene), feeding on fennel flowers.

[andrenaflavipes]

Yellow legged mining bee resting on a crocus, this february, the earliest i've ever had them visit the little ecosystem i've been crafting in front of the house.

(Andrena flavipes, female imago, on Crocus spec.)

23.ii.2026

[bryoinformatics]

Idiot (affectionate) fell off her leaf while grooming her antennae

Andrena sp.

[celestialmacros]

Pollinated

Unknown mining bee (Andrena sp.)

June 6, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[razehider]

simulate the experience of watching a mining bee dunk its head in a flower by flipping between these photos

alternatively, simply appreciate its shape. i find many visually distinct (yet equally impossible to ID) miners every year, but these are my favorite due to their size and orangeness

(April 25th, 2025)