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.