Purple Cavern of Pollen, Pt. 1 - _TNY_4315

This little girl, hard at work inside a nice purple tulip and covering herself in yellow pollen in the process, is a sweat bee in the Lasioglossum genus.

 

Using a nice key I found (www.artnyckeln.se/type/lasioglossum-1005524-fullbildade-s...) and multiple photos I managed to narrow it down to one of five species (out of the thirty in the country), but in the end it has to end up as Lasioglossum sp.

 

Pt. 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/47932701243/

 

Pt. 3 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48632162072/

 

Pt. 4 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48691101132/

 

Pt. 5 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49818355066/

 

and a closeup on the bee once outside the tulip here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/33617550268/

 

plus her withdrawing here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49924602576/

Done