Favoritos de rileywalsh

Male

Length 14 mm. With paralyzed bee prey on pine barrens dune.

Caught on Spiraea alba flowers in a sandy field. @matthias22

on common yarrow

Breeding @Rubth al sharqiya

Fotografiada en la a desembocadura del rio, Lluta.

tucked for the night inside inside Eremalche rotundifolia

She was closing the nest, tamping the soil with an object (seed husk?) in her mandibles while buzzing her wings (the vibration probably helps to compact the material).

On Desert Dandelion(Malacothrix)

one of the famous "golden leapers" from Portage Marsh

Couple feeding on the capybara parasites

4 adults total. These were found by Bob Vande Kopple & Mike Grant.

critically endangered only can be found in johor malaysia

Itororo Lodge , Atlantic Rainforest , Brazil

Eft form.

AOR

similar to https://inaturalist.ca/observations/8323178?

Nice comparison of males: short malar space for inaequalis (on left) with long malar space for validus ( on right). Made separate obs for validus

Bees with light-blue eyes always puzzled me. Maybe because they are too beautiful to be true.

No erect hairs on the rear margins of the head.

鳴き声少数

nest with 5 young; in willow; nest lined with ptarmigan feathers; cup made of graminoids and moss; adult flushed from nest

Lifer! I have always wanted to see this species.

Eumenes bollii?

On the ground next to emerging Colletes inaequalis