#blue-banded bee

[heartnosekid]

a blue-banded bee's before bed evening ritual | vishalvjadhav on ig

[creatureimages]

incredible little blue-banded bee who's latched onto a grass stem to go to bed for the night!!!!!! i've never seen these guys not on the pollination grind so it's great to see an eepy guy

[helluvatimes]

An Eye For Colour

An Australian Blue-banded Bee (Amegilla cingulata) gets attracted to a Singapore Rhododentron (Melastoma malabathricum) after the rain on the grounds of the Bird Paradise. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

[nixmcretro]

The Garden, Lizards and Bees

We had a giant blue tongue turn up randomly on the lawn. No doubt here for the snails and slugs I keep finding at night. I picked up a tray of beef dog food with minimal grain content and he hasn’t shown up since! 😭

Stumpie continues to appear intermittently. He’s doing quite well, but I’ve seen a lot of newly made Stumpie-class lizards. Whether it is infighting between lizard factions, attacks from birds, or the lawn mower I wish them a speedy recovery!

But what to do with the dog food? Well since Bluey hasn’t shown up, I thought maybe the bar-sided skinks would like a taste. And yes, they really do. The one I had captured earlier must have been a baby because this one living inside the walls is huge!

In other nature related news, I’ve got blue banded bees! They are the most goofy looking bees I’ve ever seen.

There’s at least two that frequent the purple flowers here. I love them. Especially in slow motion! I did capture some video so they’ll end up on Super Nature World at some point. Stay tuned! ✅

https://mcretro.net/the-garden-lizards-and-bees/

[herpsandbirds]

Northern Blue-banded Bee (Amegilla walkeri), family Apidae, NW Australia

Photograph by Nick Volpe

[pangeen]

" Blue Banded Bee " //© Vishal Jadhav

Music: © Shaggy - Mr Boombastic!

[redrcs]

Taking a rest.

Blue Banded Bee resting, in my garden. They grip the flower stem, then raise their legs and rest.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

These blue-banded bees can be found in Northern Negros Natural Park, a federally protected area in the Philippines.

Photo by Mark Kineth, CC BY-SA 4.0

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[emmanuel-the-manual]

Bugs! 🐞

[onenicebugperday]

@chandrayee submitted: Look at my pretty Lil visitor today!! It's probably from the genus amegilla but of course I couldn't identify the species. I've heard it's quite difficult to do so. Heh anyway enjoy! I'm from India btw, near Bangladesh! Heh

Yep, looks like one of the blue-banded digger bees! Very cute stripey butt

[heartnosekid]

vishalvjadhav on ig

[litsy-kalyptica]

This is my Barbenheimer

[gumnut-logic]

Nature doco in my front yard 😁The chaos of blue-banded bees roosting for the night, on our kangaroo grass, in the wind 😁 Also I need a better camera.

[beached-boy]

My partner and I’s bugsonas!! 😋

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[herpsandbirds]

Northern Blue-banded Bees (Amegilla walkeri), family Apidae, Australia

Photograph by Nick Volpe