I love the way they dangle their legs while leisurely flying along a hedgerow. To me they look like colourful daddy-long-legs and are about the same size too. I would love to film them but only managed photos so far, not liking the taste of coffee puts me at a disadvantage, that's my excuse :)

Hi Ian, @ianbeavis.bsky.social I spotted this bumblebee in Falmouth cemetery yesterday. The reddish hairs on the tip of its abdomen were clearly visible but not that obvious in the photo from my mobile. What are your thoughts on it being a male Bombus sylvestris? I can only find pre-1970 records

Spotted this female Sand tailed digger wasp (Cerceris arenaria) this afternoon in my Falmouth garden. Being a solitary wasps she both digs her nest and provisions it. Her usual prey is weevils.

#wasps #solitarywasp #cornwall

I have to say that this Ruby tailed wasp was remarkably calm and obliging after @willleohawkes.bsky.social released her from a tube onto this Kidney Vetch flower. I think Will could be a wasp whisperer!
#wasp #conservation #conwall

A beautiful Ruby tail Wasp spotted on Saturday's Buglife & Budding Nature workshop walk led by
@willleohawkes.bsky.social - a new species for me and a tick on my bucket list.
#wasp #conservation #cornwall
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Male Spiny-legged Mason Wasp (Odynerus spinipes ) spotted on Saturday's Buglife & Budding Nature workshop walk led by @willleohawkes.bsky.social - a new species for me.

Celebrating the amazing world of bees on #worldbeeday. Lots of male Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) and one females in this "mating ball".

Celebrating World Bee Day with a close up of a male Common Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum calceatum) blowing bubbles.

#bees #WorldBeeDay2025 #worldbeeday

Small wasp on Mexican fleabane (Erigeron karvinskianus). When I first saw these flowers growing in many walls in Cornwall I thought they were daises.

Very small furrow bee (Lassioglossum mario group) visiting a buttercup flower.

The solitary mining bee Andrena bucephala is unusual has it nests have communal entrances. In this clip two different bees return to the same well hidden entrance. These nests are also perennial and this one in Falmouth's Victorian cemetery is likely to be at least nine years old.

#bees #nature

One of my favourite bees too and luckily they can be found in Falmouth's Victorian cemetery, only about 3 other locations in Cornwall. I managed to film this female visiting Speedwell yesterday.

Female Red-girdled mining bee (Andrena labiata) visiting Speedwell flowers in Falmouth cemetery. Similar looking to Sphecodes cuckoo bees and some solitary ways but none of these collect pollen on hind legs.

#bees #wildflowers

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Speckled Wood warming up in the late afternoon sunshine.

#butterfly #butterflies #nature #wildlife #spring

Likewise I rarely see it being visited causing me to ponder if this was a clever individual that had figured out how to access the pollen or whether it was more widespread but I have overlooked it. This shot shows her probiscis out, so yes, I think she was collecting nectar.

Another species of cuckoo bee visiting my garden, not a great angle to id from but I think Nomada flava is a possibility.

#bees #cuckoobees #Falmouth #Cornwall

Female Marsham's Nomad bee (Nomada marshamella). As a cuckoo bee she spends most of the day trying to sneak into Andrena scotica - Chocolate mining bee's nests in my stone wall.

#bees #cuckoobee

This Ivy-leafed toadflax does not give up its pollen easily but this small furrow bee is determined.

#bees #pollination #naturephotography #wildflowers #macrophotography #wildlifephotography

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