#anthophila — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #anthophila, aggregated by home.social.
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In my opinion the best bee butts belong to wool carder bees (_Anthidium_). They are just so round and cute and completely unmistakable.
Like other bees in the megachilid family, they collect pollen under their abdomens, not on their legs. They also scrape fuzz off the leaves of plants like lamb's ear (_Stachys byzantina_) for their nests, hence the name. They seem to like plants in the mint family in general.
(Inspired by @ater just posting about Megachilidae: https://flipping.rocks/@ater/116940807355074189)
#bugstodon #insects #bees #SolitaryBees #BeeButts #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Megachilidae
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So I don't think I mentioned this on here, but a couple weeks ago, walking to the grocery store, I was surprised to find a couple of *beautiful* metallic green sweat bees peeking out of burrows in a rather weedy, neglected, half-bare corner of yard, right by the sidewalk. Today I saw them again and was taking pictures when one of the residents was coming home. I was like, "Did you know you have BEES" and pointed them out to her, and she was very excited! She mentioned they make sure to leave leaf litter over the winter for better insect habitat. I went on my way and when I glanced back she was also stooping down to take pictures of them.
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Halictidae
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Okay, I put off watching the latest ZeFrank video because it seemed to be about honeybees, which are boring (sorry bee people), but it's actually an amazing journey through geometry, evo-devo, the other, cooler Hymenoptera such as wasps, solitary bees, and ants, the evolution of eusociality, "stigmergy" (a new one for me), and more!
#bugstodon #entomology #insects #bees #wasps #ants #EvolutionaryBiology #EvoBio #EvoDevo #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Formicidae
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GROUND BEES
(I think they are #Colletidae?)
#HighPark #toronto #bugstodon #NativeBees #bees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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GROUND BEES
(I think they are #Colletidae?)
#HighPark #toronto #bugstodon #NativeBees #bees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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GROUND BEES
(I think they are #Colletidae?)
#HighPark #toronto #bugstodon #NativeBees #bees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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GROUND BEES
(I think they are #Colletidae?)
#HighPark #toronto #bugstodon #NativeBees #bees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila
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New Ant Lab about GROUND BEEEEEEES (_Andrena_, _Colletes_, _Nomada_) https://youtu.be/jje1LPrsHbc
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #SolitaryBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Andrenidae #Colletidae #Apidae
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The burrowing bees are so cute. They'll sit right at the entrance of their holes and, when you pass by, immediately retreat. However if you wait patiently they'll come back up again.
I thought I also saw immense bees buzzing around, but they turned out to be furry scarab beetles of some kind!
#InverteFest #bugstodon #insects #bees #beetles #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Colletidae? #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae
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The burrowing bees are so cute. They'll sit right at the entrance of their holes and, when you pass by, immediately retreat. However if you wait patiently they'll come back up again.
I thought I also saw immense bees buzzing around, but they turned out to be furry scarab beetles of some kind!
#InverteFest #bugstodon #insects #bees #beetles #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Colletidae? #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae
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Ein Gewinn nicht nur für #Balkonien 💚 🐛🪲🐝🪰
Der Echte #Beinwell (Symphytum officinale), auch Gemeiner Beinwell, Beinwell, Arznei-Beinwell, Beinwurz, #Bienenkraut, Hasenlaub, Milchwurz, Schadheilwurzel, Schmalwurz, Schwarzwurz, Wallwurz, Komfrei oder Wundallheil genannt, ist eine Pflanzenart, die zur Gattung Beinwell (Symphytum) in der Familie der #Raublattgewächse (Boraginaceae) gehört. Sie wird als Heilpflanze verwendet und angebaut.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echter_BeinwellEchter Beinwell ist in Mitteleuropa heimisch und Nahrungsquelle/Lebensraum für #Bienen #Schwebfliegen und #Schmetterlinge
Spezialisierte #Wildbienen: 2
Auf Pollen spezialisiertWildbienen insgesamt:
22 #Nektar und/oder #Pollen#Raupen spezialisiert:2
Raupenarten: 6
Schwebfliegenarten:1
#Käfer: 1
#Hummel #Bienen #Biodiversität #Balkon #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #Wildpflanzen #Wildblumen #Wildbienen #Insekten #Apiformes #Anthophila #Hymenoptera -
Ein Gewinn nicht nur für #Balkonien 💚 🐛🪲🐝🪰
Der Echte #Beinwell (Symphytum officinale), auch Gemeiner Beinwell, Beinwell, Arznei-Beinwell, Beinwurz, #Bienenkraut, Hasenlaub, Milchwurz, Schadheilwurzel, Schmalwurz, Schwarzwurz, Wallwurz, Komfrei oder Wundallheil genannt, ist eine Pflanzenart, die zur Gattung Beinwell (Symphytum) in der Familie der #Raublattgewächse (Boraginaceae) gehört. Sie wird als Heilpflanze verwendet und angebaut.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echter_BeinwellEchter Beinwell ist in Mitteleuropa heimisch und Nahrungsquelle/Lebensraum für #Bienen #Schwebfliegen und #Schmetterlinge
Spezialisierte #Wildbienen: 2
Auf Pollen spezialisiertWildbienen insgesamt:
22 #Nektar und/oder #Pollen#Raupen spezialisiert:2
Raupenarten: 6
Schwebfliegenarten:1
#Käfer: 1
#Hummel #Bienen #Biodiversität #Balkon #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #Wildpflanzen #Wildblumen #Wildbienen #Insekten #Apiformes #Anthophila #Hymenoptera -
The cellophane bees (_Colletes_) are out! Taken last week in High Park.
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Colletidae
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The cellophane bees (_Colletes_) are out! Taken last week in High Park.
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Colletidae
