Divine Attributes. Nomada goodeniana, Gooden's Cuckoo Bee, on Mossy Saxifrage, Saxifraga hypnoides, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
According to one of the fathers of British entomology, William Kirby (1759-1850), the beauty and the attributes of insects are proof for the Highest Attributes of their Creator. No, Charles Darwin had not yet published (1859) his book on the origin of species nor his arguments against a Good Divinity based on, for example, the parasitic lives of Wasps.
In 1802 Kirby in his authoritative work on British Bees named this one for Samuel Goodenough (1745-1827). Bishop of Carlisle (1808-1827), Goodenough was also an avid naturalist.
Our Cuckoo Bee is resting in the sun on Mossy Saxifrage.
Divine Attributes. Nomada goodeniana, Gooden's Cuckoo Bee, on Mossy Saxifrage, Saxifraga hypnoides, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
According to one of the fathers of British entomology, William Kirby (1759-1850), the beauty and the attributes of insects are proof for the Highest Attributes of their Creator. No, Charles Darwin had not yet published (1859) his book on the origin of species nor his arguments against a Good Divinity based on, for example, the parasitic lives of Wasps.
In 1802 Kirby in his authoritative work on British Bees named this one for Samuel Goodenough (1745-1827). Bishop of Carlisle (1808-1827), Goodenough was also an avid naturalist.
Our Cuckoo Bee is resting in the sun on Mossy Saxifrage.