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Common Furrow Bee (Lassioglossum calceatum)

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Wild Lettuce seed head (Lactuca Sp)

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White Bryony (Bryonia dioica)

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Eumerus Sp Hoverfly sp

Probably Eumerus funeralis.

You can just about make out the shiny black pare patch on the hind femora.



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Firecrest (Reguks ignicapillus)

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Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes)

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Nest Holes made by Hairy-footed Flower Bees

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One happy female with a completed nest hole.

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A lot of hard work goes into the nest entrance.

Female - Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes)

You can clearly see the hairy feet in the images above.

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Male - Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes)




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This is the Cuckoo Bee of the Hairy-footed Flower Bee - namely the Common Mourning Bee (Melicta albifrons)

These bees do not collect pollen but lay their eggs in the nests of the Hairy-footed Flower Bees.

albifrons = white front - namely the white hairs on the forehead of the bee.

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Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica) at nest entrance.

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A different Bee Sp? A different sort of nest hole.


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