A hymenoptera of the Sphecidae family, the golden digger wasp, asleep on a flower of persian jewel in my garden.
A hymenoptera of the Sphecidae family, the golden digger wasp, asleep on a flower of persian jewel in my garden.
A female hymenoptera of the family Ichneumonidae (Tryphoninae) lays and deposits her eggs on a larva of hymenoptera of the family of sawflies, a lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) on a goat willow in a wet meadow.
The genus Ceratina are small carpenter bees, which nest and hibernate sometimes in the hollow stems of plants such as wild angelica or hemp agrimony which are very present in my meadow. They are foraging all kinds of flowers, this male gathers a scabious wood in my wet meadow. Limousin, France.
The genus Ceratina are small carpenter bees, which nest and hibernate sometimes in the hollow stems of plants such as wild angelica or hemp agrimony which are very present in my meadow. They are foraging all kinds of flowers, this male gathers a scabious wood in my wet meadow. Limousin, France.
A small bee male of halictid family gathering nectar of a common ragwort flower in a calcareous wasteland. Diois, France.
Lasioglossum are terricolous, they make galleries surmounted by a small pile of earth.
Great Banded Furrow Bee female resting on a southern globe-thistle in a meadow. Diois, France.
Great Banded Furrow Bee female resting on a southern globe-thistle in a meadow. Diois, France.
Great Banded Furrow Bee female gathering nectar of a southern globe-thistle dans une prairie. Diois, France.
A violet carpenter bee male gathering nectar of a knapweed flower in a dry calcareous meadow. Diois, France.
The males of this species are recognizable by the two yellow-orange rings which they have in the last third of their antennae.
.A violet carpenter bee male gathering nectar of a knapweed flower in a dry calcareous meadow. Diois, France.
The males of this species are recognizable by the two yellow-orange rings which they have in the last third of their antennae.
A male bee of the family Megachilidae still sleeping on a Greater knapweed flower. Diois, France.
A male bee of the family Megachilidae still sleeping on a Greater knapweed flower. Diois, France.
A male bee of the family Megachilidae still sleeping on a Greater knapweed flower. Diois, France.
A violet carpenter bee female resting on a globe-thistle in bloom in a dry calcareous meadow. Diois, France.
This carpenter's bee digs galleries in the dead wood and leaves pollen as food for its larvae.
A violet carpenter bee female resting on a globe-thistle in bloom in a dry calcareous meadow. Diois, France.
This carpenter's bee digs galleries in the dead wood and leaves pollen as food for its larvae.
A violet carpenter bee female resting on a globe-thistle in bloom in a dry calcareous meadow. Diois, France.
This carpenter's bee digs galleries in the dead wood and leaves pollen as food for its larvae.
Great Banded Furrow Bee male gathering nectar of a a Cephalaria leucantha in black marl. Diois, France.
A violet carpenter bee female resting on a thistle (Cirsium ferox) in a meadow. limousin, France.
A violet carpenter bee female resting on a thistle (Cirsium ferox) in a meadow. Vercors, France.
European wool carder bee male sleeping on a flower of Crown daisy in my greenhouse. Limousin, France.
European wool carder bee male sleeping on a flower of Crown daisy in my greenhouse. Limousin, France.
Great Banded Furrow Bee female gathering nectar of a a round-headed leek in bloom in a dry calcareous meadow.
Anthidium male, a solitary bee in the family Megachilidae, asleep, firmly clinging at the top of a twig with its mandibles.
Hairy Footed Flower Bee male gathering nectar of a lungwort flower growing along a forest path. Limousin, France.
A small sawfly very characteristic with its red head and yet very difficult to identify. Photos of this species in the imago state are very rare. The larvae are green and like the leaves of alder and birch. This one resting on a periwinkle leaf near a pond. Limousin, France.
A small sawfly very characteristic with its red head and yet very difficult to identify. Photos of this species in the imago state are very rare. The larvae are green and like the leaves of alder and birch. This one resting on a periwinkle leaf near a pond. Limousin, France.
Andrena nitida is a mining and solitary bee, a little larger than a honeybee, it is early (appears in March / April) and is particularly fond of pollen of buttercups and dandelions. Here a female (the male is much more svelte) on a leaf of sorrel in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Hairy Footed Flower Bee male gathering nectar of Purple Dead-nettle flowers in my garden.
A little sawfly resting on sedge stem beside a small stream in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
A Leaf-cutter bee female gathering nectar of a cosmos flower in my garden. Limousin, France.
Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp, a small wasp of the family Crabonidae. Adults are floricolous but the larvae are carnivorous. This is why the female catch of small Hymenoptera, it paralyzes them and lock them into galleries with eggs; the larvae will eat well. Limousin, France.
European wool carder bee female scraping hair from leaf. then she will carry this hair bundled beneath her body to be used as a nest lining. Limousin, France.
A violet carpenter bee male gathering nectar of hemp-agrimony flowers in a wet meadow. limousin, France.
A Leaf-cutter bee female gathering nectar of a chocolate cosmos flower in my garden.
A violet carpenter bee male preparing to take flight from apple mint in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Scoliid wasp female gathering nectar of apple mint flowers in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
Scoliid wasp female gathering nectar of apple mint flowers in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.
A Cimbicid Sawfly resting on a leaf nettle in the garden. Limousin, France. I photographed the larvae of this species in 2011 just a few meters.
A Cimbicid Sawfly resting on a leaf nettle in the garden. Limousin, France. I photographed the larvae of this species in 2011 just a few meters.
A violet carpenter bee male resting on a bramble leaf near the forest. limousin, France.