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Male Orange-tailed Mining Bee, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) emerging from a hole in a patch of soil left for bees to burrow into and form their nests in a Kelvindale, Glasgow garden. The male has an obvious tuft of orange or yellow hairs on his face, whereas the female has a smaller tuft of faded yellow hairs on her face.
03 May 2024
Male Orange-tailed Mining Bee, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) in a Kelvindale, Glasgow garden. The male has an obvious tuft of orange or yellow hairs on his face, whereas the female has a smaller tuft of faded yellow hairs on her face.
02 May 2024
Male Orange-tailed Mining Bee, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) in a Kelvindale, Glasgow garden. The male has an obvious tuft of orange or yellow hairs on his face, whereas the female has a smaller tuft of faded yellow hairs on her face.
02 May 2024
Solitary Bee, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
A Solitary Bee (Colletes daviesanus), from family Colletidae, resting on some Goldenrod (Solidago sp.) - family Asteraceae. Solitary bees can be distinguished by the long hairs on their hind legs as this is where they will carry pollen. Taken in Kelvindale.
14 August 2023
Leafcutter bee on Ragwort at Bridgeness, Bo'ness
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Falkirk - Bo'ness and Kinneil
Leafcutter bee (Megachile sp) on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at the former Bridgeness Shipbreakers Yard, Bo'ness, a habitat creation project run by Buglife Scotland as part of the activities of the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative.
02 August 2017
Leafcutter bee on Ragwort at Bridgeness, Bo'ness
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Falkirk - Bo'ness and Kinneil
Leafcutter bee (Megachile sp) on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at the former Bridgeness Shipbreakers Yard, Bo'ness, a habitat creation project run by Buglife Scotland as part of the activities of the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative.
02 August 2017
Solitary bee (Andrena semilaevis), Stirling
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Stirling
Solitary bee (Andrena semilaevis) Back Walk under Stirling Castle Rock
06 July 2017
Solitary bee (Colletes daviesanus), Stirling
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Stirling
Solitary bee (Colletes daviesanus) on an Ox-Eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). Solitary bees may collect pollen on specialised leg hairs called scopa, or under their abdomens and will collect from a wide range of plant species. This picture was taken at Balallan House garden, Stirling
06 July 2017
Solitary bee (Colletes daviesanus), Stirling
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Stirling
Solitary bee (Colletes daviesanus) on an Ox-Eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). Solitary bees may collect pollen on specialised leg hairs called scopa, or under their abdomens and will collect from a wide range of plant species. This picture was taken at Balallan House garden, Stirling
06 July 2017
Great Yellow Bumblebee on Common knapweed, Balranald
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) on Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) at RSPB Balranald Nature Reserve, North Uist. The distinguishing feature of this rare bee is the band of black hairs across the thorax where the wings join the body.
