Latest posts tagged with #Colletes on Bluesky
Some cheer to brighten up a winter's day. Colletes daviesanus on Tansy (first Scottish record as far as I can make out😊) at Dumbreck Marsh LNR on 02/08/2025. Look at those pollen baskets! With @edinburghnats.bsky.social #Colletes #bees
Plenty of Colletes hederae, Ivy Bees, present at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 28/09/25 #bee #solitarybee #Colletes
Momento en el que una Vespa velutina captura un ejemplar de abeja de la hiedra (Colletes hederae). Se le resiste un poco pero acaba marchándose con la presa
#Colletes #Vespavelutina #velutina
Sea Aster mining bee at mouth of its burrow at Stone Point Walton on the Naze.
Black-thighed Epeolus, Epeolus variegatus feeding on sea aster flowers at Stone Point Walton on the Naze
Sea Aster mining bee
A wander to Stone Point, Walton on the Naze this morning to see the Sea Aster bees, Colletes halophilus, numbers in the very high 100's. Also seen 2 Black-thighed Epeolus, Epeolus variegatus, a cleptoparasitic bee of the Sea Aster bee.
#Colletes
#halophilius
#Epeolus
#variegatus
Last buzz! Don't miss our last brief report! 🚨
It's the time of the genus #Colletes 🐝
#NameItToSaveIt @tettris.eu
First, take a look at the presentation post about this genus, and then take a look at our infographics! ⤵️
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A lovely female Colletes cunicularius bee, still lots about at Hopwas Quarry, #Staffs, 13/04/25 #Colletes #solitarybee #bee
A bee sits on my hand and I am holding it towards the camera. I am smiling as is the person over my shoulder!
It’s officially spring in Vermont! We may still be bundled but the #Colletes are back in action 🐝
Managed these 2 quick snaps of mating Colletes cunicularius, they were far too fast for any more photos! 26/03/25 Hopwas Quarry, #Staffs #Colletes #solitarybee #bee
🌿 Importancia ecológica
Las #Colletes, también conocidas como “abejas del celofán” por una secreción con la que dan una peculiar textura a sus nidos, son esenciales para la #polinización de muchas especies vegetales. Su actividad es clave en la regeneración de los ecosistemas de #Doñana.
🔎 ¿Qué está pasando?
Los machos de las #abejas solitarias del género #Colletes emergen unos días antes que las hembras y esperan ansiosos su salida de los nidos subterráneos.
Lateral view of a solitary bee that holds itself via the mandibles to a small twig. The bee is black with brown feet and eyes. The abdomen has white patches.
Lateral to back view of a solitary bee that sits on a small twig. The bee is black with brown feet and eyes. The abdomen has white patches.
I'm always amazed and excited to find sleeping #bees like this #Epeolus cf. variegatus that is a brood parasite of several #Colletes species. It feeds ondifferent species of #Asteraceae such as Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare).
#wildbee #inverts #insects #nature #macrophotography #bugsky 🌿
Lateral view photo of the male syntype specimen, along with a scale bar (2 mm) and its catalogue number (MNCN_Ent 314365). Source: Ent. Coll. MNCN-CSIC Author: P. Álvarez Fidalgo
Dorsal view photo of the same specimen, along with a scale bar (2 mm) and its catalogue number (MNCN_Ent 314365). Source: Ent. Coll. MNCN-CSIC Author: P. Álvarez Fidalgo
Photo of the specimen labels. Source: Ent. Coll. MNCN-CSIC Author: P. Álvarez Fidalgo
Here we are, in another #TypeSpecimenTuesday 🕵️
Today we meet one of the #syntypes of #Colletes merceti 🐝
This is an Iberian endemism described by J. Noskiewicz in 1936, using material from one of our partner institutions, the MNCN-CSIC! 🏛️
