Too Much Pollen, Pt. 3 - _TNY_8100
No perfect identification on this one, but with some help, I now know it must one of two species. It is probably a female buffish mining bee (Andrena nigroaenea), but there is a possibility of it being A. carantonica instead.
The way to tell these apart is to look at the hairs of pollen baskets on the hind legs - but since this little girl has been so successful at gathering pollen, it is quite difficult to make out what colour hairs are under there.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53463804475/
Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53474186080/
Too Much Pollen, Pt. 3 - _TNY_8100
No perfect identification on this one, but with some help, I now know it must one of two species. It is probably a female buffish mining bee (Andrena nigroaenea), but there is a possibility of it being A. carantonica instead.
The way to tell these apart is to look at the hairs of pollen baskets on the hind legs - but since this little girl has been so successful at gathering pollen, it is quite difficult to make out what colour hairs are under there.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53463804475/
Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53474186080/