Masculine Length. Halictus tumulorum, Male Bronze Furrow Bee, on Camomile, Océ-weerd, Meuse Corridor, Venlo, The Netherlands
Autumn wet it was with furious showers. But a small patch of blue in the sullen sky, and, you know me, enough to entice me to one of my forages. The Meuse corridor now is all bleak and gray from Fall and the incessant dry weather this Summer. So I wasn't counting on any flowers. But then I happened on a small clump of Camomile.
He'd beaten me to it, Halictus tumulorum! I watched and almost forgot Olymp shrieking in my pocket: 'let me out! I've got to see this too!' Well, it's a less than common wild Bee. But he catches the eye because of the long antennae; females' are relatively short. I've put in an inset to show that they're orangish on the underside; one of their hallmarks. And look at his proboscis!
Masculine Length. Halictus tumulorum, Male Bronze Furrow Bee, on Camomile, Océ-weerd, Meuse Corridor, Venlo, The Netherlands
Autumn wet it was with furious showers. But a small patch of blue in the sullen sky, and, you know me, enough to entice me to one of my forages. The Meuse corridor now is all bleak and gray from Fall and the incessant dry weather this Summer. So I wasn't counting on any flowers. But then I happened on a small clump of Camomile.
He'd beaten me to it, Halictus tumulorum! I watched and almost forgot Olymp shrieking in my pocket: 'let me out! I've got to see this too!' Well, it's a less than common wild Bee. But he catches the eye because of the long antennae; females' are relatively short. I've put in an inset to show that they're orangish on the underside; one of their hallmarks. And look at his proboscis!