On Zigzag Leaf. Osmia bicornis, Red Mason Bee, on Hornbeam Maple, Acer carpinifolium, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Chidorinoki or Zigzag Tree is the Japanese name for this tree first described in the west in the 1840s by Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1867) and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1797-1848). I've often mentioned both scientists in these pages, the first a wide-ranging and adventurous traveling doctor - a specialist in things Japanese -, the second a hardworking taxonomist. They had an excellent collaboration.
The Bee on Zigzag's leaf is a solitary Red Mason Bee, Osmia bicornis. It's a male as you can see from the white facial hair. Moreover, he lacks the two headhorns that these Osmian females sport. But such a handsome fellow!
In the inset Zigzag's hanging flowers.
On Zigzag Leaf. Osmia bicornis, Red Mason Bee, on Hornbeam Maple, Acer carpinifolium, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Chidorinoki or Zigzag Tree is the Japanese name for this tree first described in the west in the 1840s by Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1867) and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1797-1848). I've often mentioned both scientists in these pages, the first a wide-ranging and adventurous traveling doctor - a specialist in things Japanese -, the second a hardworking taxonomist. They had an excellent collaboration.
The Bee on Zigzag's leaf is a solitary Red Mason Bee, Osmia bicornis. It's a male as you can see from the white facial hair. Moreover, he lacks the two headhorns that these Osmian females sport. But such a handsome fellow!
In the inset Zigzag's hanging flowers.