Unwanted Passengers - _TNY_0575
This pretty little lady is a bronze furrow-bee (Halictus tumulorum).
Unfortunately it looks like she has attracted a couple of mites between the segments of the abdomen. Someone suggested they look a lot like the dreaded Varroa mites, which would be a bit unusual as those tend to attack honey bees and not solitary species like this one.
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Uploaded on December 1, 2018
Taken on August 24, 2016
Unwanted Passengers - _TNY_0575
This pretty little lady is a bronze furrow-bee (Halictus tumulorum).
Unfortunately it looks like she has attracted a couple of mites between the segments of the abdomen. Someone suggested they look a lot like the dreaded Varroa mites, which would be a bit unusual as those tend to attack honey bees and not solitary species like this one.
1,275
views
3
faves
15
comments
Uploaded on December 1, 2018
Taken on August 24, 2016