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this digger bee (Amegilla sp.) was using its tongue to poke at a flower for which adjectives such as "old" and "dry" feel too generous, with something like "mummified" being more appropriate. no pollen or nectar could have possibly been found on those crusty leathery remains, so i'm not sure what its objective was
(June 13th, 2025)
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A digger bee (Anthophora sp.) in a Mariposa lily in California, USA
by marlin harms
A bee I’ve never seen before! I believe this is one of the “oil digger” bees, Centris rhodophus. They can harvest floral oils in addition to pollen.
(Only the females have those red eyes and legs apparently; the males have green eyes and gold-yellow legs.)
Anthophora villosula
“A Japanese Bee in America. This is Anthophora villosula. An Anthophora that was introduced in the 80s to Eastern U.S. for ag purposes, but its potential was never realized. Now, unfortunately, it is a common and spreading alien species dispersing from its original location in the Washington D.C. area and will likely occupy much of the country at some point. It can be found nesting in the dry dirt under decks, in upturned root masses and in the earthen plaster of strawbale houses such as mine, where it nests by the hundreds. It does favor the "alien" plant community over the natives so it will be another interesting story to watch how it integrates and competes with the local bee fauna. Another rock thrown into the quiet pool of native bees and their flowers. Photographs by Brooke Alexander.” - via Wikimedia Commons
White-striped butt and Common hibiscus 🩷
흰줄벌 (Amegilla florea)
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Digger bees visiting the penstemon.
During lunch before our all staff meeting in May, we took a field trip to Belle Isle to see the digger bees that come out every year. We sampled a few for ID’ing purposes.
They were all around puddles of runoff from the bridge that they were under.
when you're out during a late afternoon or early evening always remember to search little holes in your local old ass concrete and stone walls for sleepy digger bees. try not to flashbang them in the process, although if you do all they'll really do is look offended for a bit and not actually bother to get up
(February 26th, 2025)
