#ashy mining bee

[grrl-beetle]

Ashy Mining Bee

[stonefly-with-a-pen]

bug yuri. that’s it that’s the post

[sitting-on-me-bum]

An ashy mining bee (Andrena cineraria) on an old dandelion head. A distinctive early spring bee, females burrow into the ground to make nests, creating a pile of soil by the entrance. Although they are solitary bees there may be many nests in a small area.

Photograph: Rory Lewis/Royal Entomological Society

Insect Week Photography Awards

[skyggsja]

🪰 ashy mining bee we found in the garden yesterday. before she died she seemed to have bitten or clutched onto a sheep hair that we use for mulch

[savagelyrefined]

This isn't my picture, but it shows my new favourite bee perfectly. This is an ashy mining bee, he is male, you can tell by the very dapper white moustache and he's as cute as it gets.

[vico-stardust]

Ashy Mining Bee

[stephanlentz]

two other late character Design Challenges: July’s Baroque Aristocracy and August’s Insect warrior, an ashy mining bee

[wolverineheight]

got some REAL nice prints from fez baker [LINK] that go REAL nice w my tat!!