Author Gary Taylor â—¦ “Try catching the bee and put it in the freezer for a bit” they say, “it slows down their metabolism and you can get some good close up pics and then set them free” they say……
Author Koh Lin â—¦ In the cool embrace… a sleep that slowly ebbs…but not today… Retrieved from a swimming pool in Alice Springs, this Lasioglossum dotatum native bee, initially looked deceased. But life returned and it soon revived, shook off…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ I remember once, I use to be squeamish about touching bugs and things… just as sad, was if they were in the home, as out came that spray or shoe… but times have changed. Since my…
Author Gary Taylor â—¦ Still some more from our last cloudy, rainy day out… The one in the first 4 pics I reckon is a male Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes). Male ‘cos even without counting the antennae segments (including the scape and…
Author Gary Taylor â—¦ From last week’s bush run… Not sure on this one, but the size and shape of the stigma and curve of the basal vein has me thinking Halictid, so I reckon it’s highly likely there’s a…
Author Gary Taylor â—¦ These gorgeous little unknown (by me, that is😄) Leioproctus are late this year, they’re usually one of the first native bees to emerge in the second week of July. But then, their favourite flowers, the Hakea…
Author Gary Taylor â—¦ Still on my mystery Hylaeine… One suggestion was it looked like Hylaeus (Hylaeteron) douglasi. So for comparison, on the left, 1st pic is the female douglasi, the one below (2nd pic) is the male. The 3rd…
Author Gary Taylor â—¦ More of the Banksia bees… Some of the smaller but I reckon still absolutely gorgeous little ones… Again all Hylaeinae, most likely Hylaeus and possibly all Prosopisteron species but apart from the 3rd and 4th pics,…
Author Gary Taylor â—¦ Banksia bees, part 1 (there’s just too much going on for one post)… Ok, so last week I mentioned just starting to see the usual “Autumn” bees, albeit a month and a half later than usual,…
Author Gary Taylor â—¦ Like little jewels coming out of the ground… From the very brief vid you’d reckon I was in some kind of tiny native stingless bee swarm, and you’d be half right… they are native bees and…