Mar 29
A beautiful little bee!
seen from Brazil
seen from United States
seen from Austria
seen from Colombia
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
seen from Russia
seen from Netherlands
seen from China
seen from Canada
seen from United Kingdom
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from Brazil
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seen from United States
A beautiful little bee!
Spring beauty miner bee, Andrena erigenia, Andrenidae
Spring beauty miner bees are a solitary, ground-nesting species that relies on spring beauty flowers (Claytonia virginica) to obtain nectar for themselves and both nectar and pollen for their larvae. The hairs on the female bee’s legs collect the striking pink pollen to bring back to her larvae. Found in the eastern United States and up into Canada.
Photo 1 by rileywalsh, 2 by chelsealynne, 3 by mmccarthy98, 4-5 by judygva, 6 by kristym, 7 by davidenrique, and 8 (don’t worry, she’s alive) by allenbryan
#328 Prunus Miner Bee
Got lent an actual proper camera to play with.
Great walk today. It rained all morning and the afternoon was nice and warm but not too hot. Lots of wildlife all around, most of it very small.
My sister found a miner bee!
Art works are in progress
Have a miner bee while you wait
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Sitting in the swarm
On top of a dozen nests
Watching the bees fuck
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