Small Bee, Big Head, pt. 2 - _TNY_8466
This little guy sitting on one of the tiny flowers on a pink coral bells (Heuchera sp.), also known as alum root is a male coppice mining-bee (Andrena helvola).
Don't really know why he was so passive, but he was and let me take a couple of closeups, both on the flower and on my finger before flying away.
Part 1 on my knuckle here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/47070043774/
Another shot, showing the actually quite impressive jaws here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48183686862/
2:1 magnification shot.
Small Bee, Big Head, pt. 2 - _TNY_8466
This little guy sitting on one of the tiny flowers on a pink coral bells (Heuchera sp.), also known as alum root is a male coppice mining-bee (Andrena helvola).
Don't really know why he was so passive, but he was and let me take a couple of closeups, both on the flower and on my finger before flying away.
Part 1 on my knuckle here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/47070043774/
Another shot, showing the actually quite impressive jaws here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48183686862/
2:1 magnification shot.