#nomada

[razehider]

odd stance to find a nomad bee in, lots of pollinators like to bury themselves in flowers and look like they had a really rough night but it's not these guys' style. of course the angle is misleading

the culprit is this sneaky Synema globosum, who caught it as it was visiting the flower. getting eaten happens all the time if you're a bee, but most ways don't involve you dying with your ass in the air

(May 11th, 2025)

[northerlyy]

Nomad Bees (Genus Nomada), taken April 7, 2026, in Georgia, US

A couple of sleepy nomad bees bedding down for the night on the tips of grass flowers! Like their name suggests, nomad bees don't create a home of their own, wandering around in search of other bees' nest holes to lay their own eggs in, the behavior their subfamily, the cuckoo bees, is named after. Because of this, they have nowhere to shelter come nightfall, so they'll find branch tips and grass seeds or flowers to cling to, appearing as if they're an extension of the plant. They'll oftentimes rest in clumps, so I can find a dozen or so bees sharing the same grass bunch. It's the easiest time to photograph them since they don't move!

[the-bug-bl0g]

Bugs in and around Coral Pink Sand Dunes

[celestialmacros]

Nomad Bees (Nomada sp.)

April 8, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[madcat-world]

Desponded - Olya Bossak

[aullandote-noches-de-luna-llena]

Hago como que no me duele pero me delata la mirada

[onenicebugperday]

@marcelwasp submitted: Would you happen to know what type of presumably wasp these are

I saw them last year and I could never find what they were and I'd consider myself pretty knowable on the wasps here in Scotland

It's actually a bee rather than a wasp! A nomad bee in the genus Nomada, probably Marsham's nomad bee, Nomada marshamella.

[ilustrarick]