Identified with Donovan (2007) Apoidea.
Antennae with 13 segments (including scape) make this a male.
Jugal lobe falling well short of vein cu-v makes this subgenus Nesocolletes.
Long white vestiture covering face entirely is characteriostic of N. maritimus.
On ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) flower.
On the roof of the car at the No. 1 Line carpark. The diagnostic reddish distal part of the setae is clearly visible. Note that Bothrophora lupina is NOT the only species; the genus includes at least two species (see Steve Kerr's comment in this observation).
This family I think. This individual well covered in pollen and visiting Gentianella.
Heaps of little black bees flying between holes in the gravel of the river. Some seemed to be fighting.
Larva live inside the stag beetle's larva body and as food. I feed stag beetle but found that, interesting!
Identified with Donovan (2007) Apoidea.
Antennae with 13 segments (including scape) make this a male.
Jugal lobe falling well short of vein cu-v makes this subgenus Nesocolletes.
Long white vestiture covering face entirely is characteriostic of N. maritimus.
On ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) flower.
I think this is the blue bottle fly
I think this is the blue bottle fly