#halictus — Public Fediverse posts

Echinacea purpurea (also called Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower) blooming in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on June 18, 2025

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Jun30_birds_and_cats/2025jun18_echinacea_IMG_3855c.html

Also at: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290742737

#wildflowers #nativeplants #nativebee #Halictus #Echinacea #pollinator #naturephotography #Oklahoma #photography

#Halictus #subauratus (#Halictidae) is a wild #bee widespread in the Palearctic and is still common enough to not require a protection status. The #species is #eusocial with only a few #auxiliaryfemales and builds underground #nests in sandy soil. It is not picky about the plants, where it collects pollen (#polylectic). The conspicuous #brush on the #hindlegs is used to collect #pollen. Photos: on a dry meadow in #Berlin in 2020, new edit 2025. #biodiversity #evolution #macro
© #StefanFWirth

#Halictus #subauratus (#Halictidae) is a wild #bee widespread in the Palearctic and is still common enough to not require a protection status. The #species is #eusocial with only a few #auxiliaryfemales and builds underground #nests in sandy soil. It is not picky about the plants, where it collects pollen (#polylectic). The conspicuous #brush on the #hindlegs is used to collect #pollen. Photos: on a dry meadow in #Berlin in 2020, new edit 2025. #biodiversity #evolution #macro
© #StefanFWirth

#Halictus #subauratus (#Halictidae) is a wild #bee widespread in the Palearctic and is still common enough to not require a protection status. The #species is #eusocial with only a few #auxiliaryfemales and builds underground #nests in sandy soil. It is not picky about the plants, where it collects pollen (#polylectic). The conspicuous #brush on the #hindlegs is used to collect #pollen. Photos: on a dry meadow in #Berlin in 2020, new edit 2025. #biodiversity #evolution #macro
© #StefanFWirth

#Halictus #subauratus (#Halictidae) is a wild #bee widespread in the Palearctic and is still common enough to not require a protection status. The #species is #eusocial with only a few #auxiliaryfemales and builds underground #nests in sandy soil. It is not picky about the plants, where it collects pollen (#polylectic). The conspicuous #brush on the #hindlegs is used to collect #pollen. Photos: on a dry meadow in #Berlin in 2020, new edit 2025. #biodiversity #evolution #macro
© #StefanFWirth

#Halictus #subauratus (#Halictidae) is a wild #bee widespread in the Palearctic and is still common enough to not require a protection status. The #species is #eusocial with only a few #auxiliaryfemales and builds underground #nests in sandy soil. It is not picky about the plants, where it collects pollen (#polylectic). The conspicuous #brush on the #hindlegs is used to collect #pollen. Photos: on a dry meadow in #Berlin in 2020, new edit 2025. #biodiversity #evolution #macro
© #StefanFWirth

Probably some kind of furrow bee, Genus Halictus, on a calendula flower.

#FurrowBee #halictus #calendula #YellowFlowers #bees #FlowerWithBee #BloomScrollingWithBee #NativeBee #NativePollinators #pollinators #insects #wildlife #nature #MastodonOnly #CCBYNCND

Bronze Furrow Bee, Halictus tumulorum Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/5.6 1/400 iso: 125 Prague, Czech Republic 6/19/2024 #Apidae #hymenoptera #halictus #SweatBees #bees #WildBees Pollinators #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

Golden Furrow Bee, Halictus subauratus Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/5.6 1/320 iso: 125 Prague, Czech Republic 5/22/2022 #Apidae #hymenoptera #Halictus #insects #invertebrates #pollinators #bees #WildBees #Macro #Grasslands #Invertebrates #Macro

Die Wegwarte bietet enorm vielen Bienenarten Futter und ist darüberhinaus auch wirklich schön anzusehen.
Und ich freue mich mal über ein halbwegs scharfes Foto einer Gelbbindigen #Furchenbiene #Halictus scabiosae

A furrow bee of some sort (g. Halictus). I think :-)

Carl Schurz Park in early June.

#furrowbee #Halictus #bees #pollinators #nature #wildlife #macro #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks

I've been waiting for some time to get this particular photo. But this morning- success!

This is one of our more common native bees, the ligated furrow bee Halictus ligatus. Although I have photos of this species already, I didn't have any that clearly showed the diagnostic backwards-pointing tooth on the back of the head. But here it is, in stark silhouette, and I'm quite pleased.

#NativeBees #Bees #Insects #Halictus