Sunday, 10 April 2022

Venus Pool - Early Colletes

My first insect post of the year and you can expect regular doses of the same! There were already thousands of Early Colletes mining bee (Colletes cunicularius) on the wing...

Predominantly males, here's a couple, with only one thing on their minds! A female!




Here's a male patiently waiting...


Then gotcha!


No big courting clusters, just one one one!


Whilst they are primarily a coastal sand dune species, sand is sand and available on many inland sites where they make good use of it!