Mar 13, 2024
Went bee hunting today and was not disappointed.
Unequal Cellophane Bees (Colletes inaequalis)
March 12, 2024
Southeastern Pennsylvania
seen from Malaysia
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from Russia
seen from Russia
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from Poland
seen from China
seen from Lithuania
seen from Brazil
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from Russia
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from Brazil
seen from Brazil
seen from Brazil
Went bee hunting today and was not disappointed.
Unequal Cellophane Bees (Colletes inaequalis)
March 12, 2024
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Hundreds of bee nests. iNat says they're cellophane bees!
Another mid-summer Colletes from the central prairies.
Note the "cute" face with the inner edges of the eyes converging towards the mouth.
For some reason this automatically makes a bee cute compared to the standard bee face format that most species display. I am note sure of the preferences of this species but many Colletes use pollen from only a small number of plants. Biodiversity ...check. Pictures by Anders Croft.
Colletes kinkaidii