#megachile — Public Fediverse posts

I made a full edition of my alfalfa leafcutting bee (Megachile rotundata) cutting a leaf. The alfalfa leafcutting bee is a solitary bee originally from Europe which has been spread to all continents but Antartica for agriculture. In North America it has become feral and widespread. 🧵1/2

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/4445575303

#linocut #printmaking #bee #Megachile #solitaryBee #pollinator #washi

I believe this is #Megachile xylocopoides, the carpenter-mimic leafcutter #bee. But I'm calling it the void bee :-)

Maggie says the wings on this bee look like stained glass!

Can any #iNaturalist folks confirm my ID? This is in Philadelphia, PA as usual.

:inaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237299791

#insects #insectID #bees #pollinators

Anthidium punctatum Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/7.1 1/320 iso 160 Prague, Czech Republic 7/20/2020 #Bees #Apidae #Hymenoptera #Megachile #LeafCutter #Insect #invertebrate #Macro #Grasslands

This week’s #InsertAnInvert2024 prompt is about babies & childcare so I am of course going to talk about bees! Bees, famously care for & feed their young. Most are familiar with honeybees & how honey itself is produced to feed larvae in the hive. They communicate about pollen sources through dance! A worker bee can return to the hive & through the way it aligns itself 🧵1/n

#linocut #multimedia #printmaking #Megachile #leafcutter #sciart #pollinator #wildbees #typography #entomology #MastoArt

Why enrich a billionaire when you can buy something handmade? I’ll even put things in minouette.etsy.com on sale until November 30!

Like these leaf cutter bees for instance….

#linocut #printmaking #bee #nativeBees #Megachile #pollinator #leafPrint #insect #sciArt #etsy #MastoArt

I made 4 more in my series of related prints about leafcutter bees, each unique. Similar to the print in the pollinator garden, but the prints in my shop are on lovely Japanese washi paper & feature different plants. These prints are both about, & a sort of collaboration with leaf cutter bees! These small, but multifarious native bees are important …

#printmaking #linocut #leafPrint #reliefPrint #sciart #bees #leafcutterBee #Megachile #washi #wildBees #nativeBees #botanicalArt #MastoArt

Byssal Resin-Leafcutter, Trachusa byssinum Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/3.5 1/160 iso: 400 Srbsko 6/11/2011 #bees #Hymenoptera #leafcutter #Megachile #bees #wildbees #insects #invertebrates #macro #Grasslands #insectphotography #canon

Megachile, Anthidium punctatum Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/7.1 1/320 iso: 160 Prague, Czech Republic July 18, 2020 #bees #megachile #leafcutter #leafcutting #pollinator #insect #Apidae #invertebrates #macro

No reason. I just really like this bee portrait. Yet to be ID'd.
https://flic.kr/p/2nALyUT

#Bees #Gardening #HabitatGardening #Pollinators #Megachile #Megachilidae #LeafCutterBee #MacroPhotography