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A bee that has been caught by a camouflaged spider in a white flower. Can you see the spider?
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It was interesting to watch a variety of small native bees covered in pollen fly into the flowers.
They appeared to enjoy having a back rub from the flower styles.
What a great way to pollinate the flowers.
Found this little fella a little worse for wear, it was a little cold last night so I picked him/her up and warmed it up in my hand.
2012; Bee beetle on a white Cow Parsley flower.
Humlebille (Trichius fasciatus) på hundekjeks.
Hundekjeks / Pipekjeks (Anthriscus sylvestris) skjermplante.
Photo; Heidi Voss-Nilsen
The Agapostemon Sweat Bee is a solitary bee that digs branching burrows in the soil. They have numerous hairs that act like magnets for pollen. They carry the pollen to the burrow and form a pollen/nectar ball onto which they lay an egg. It sometimes shares a burrow with other sweat bees. When the burrow is shared, the social activity appears to be limited to guarding the burrow.
This solitary bee resembles the Augochlora Sweat Bee but the notable difference is that the abdomen has black and white stripes in the former and is green and black in the latter. Both have a bright fluorescent green head and thorax and can be seen visiting many different flowers.