Clarke's Mining Bee (Andrena clarkella)

The males had gone by today. Just the females and the Nomads present.



King Alfred's Cakes (Daldinia concentrica)



Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major)







Early Nomad Bee (Nomada leocopthalma)





Hawthorn (Cretaegus monogyna)



Spindle (Euonymus europaeus)





Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)

Tags: Clarke'sMiningBee, Spindle, GuelderRose, Dark-edgedBee-fly, Hawthorne, Spindle, EarlyNomadBee, GuelderRose

Willow Sp



Cladonia Sp













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That moment after copulation







Clark's Mining Bee (Andrena clarkella)










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Clark's Mining Bee also in the sandpit.































Early Nomad (Nomada leucopthalma)

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Tags: Landscape, CladoniaSp, WillowSP, Clark'sMiningBee, EarlyNomadBee

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A little bit of a tussell over a nest hole

















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Female digging a nest







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Clarke's Mining Bee (Andrena clarkella)



Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)



Common Grey Disco? (Molliisia cinerea)



Lichen Sp 1



Lichen Sp 2



Lichen Sp 3



Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum)



Bluish Veilwort (Metzgeria fruticulosa)




Pincushion Sp (Ulotta Sp)





Pillbug (Armadilldium vulgare)

Tags: Clark'sMiningBee, LichenSp, UlottaSP, BluishVeilwort, Swan's-meckThyme-moss