Phil Savoie / Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis) female bee bringing in pollen load under her abdomen for brood cell, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May
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Phil Savoie / Patchwork leafcutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) gathering pollen on scopa (special hairs beneath abdomen) on Common marigold (Calendula officinalis),Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. July.
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Phil Savoie / Patchwork leafcutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) gathering pollen on scopa (special hairs beneath abdomen) on Common marigold (Calendula officinalis),Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. July.
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Phil Savoie / Patchwork leafcutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) gathering pollen on scopa (special hairs beneath abdomen) on Common marigold (Calendula officinalis),Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. July.
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Phil Savoie / Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis) female bee bringing in pollen load under her abdomen for brood cell in bee hotel. Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.
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Heather Angel / Wasp walking around a Spanish love-in-a-mist (Nigella hispanica) flower to sip nectar from ring of blue nectaries, thorax and abdomen pick up pollen from downward facing anthers that swipe over the wa...
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Oliver Wright / Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata), close up of thorax, abdomen and wings, covered in early morning dew. Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May. Focus s...
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Heather Angel / Dead head hoverfly (Myathropa florea) and Leaf cutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) female feeding on Californian tree poppy (Romneya coulteri) pollen. Bee transferring pollen from abdomen to stigma....
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Heather Angel / Hornet (Vespa crabro) nectaring on Ivy (Hedera helix), pollen transferred to hairy legs and hairs on underside of head, thorax and abdomen. In woodland, Surrey, England, UK. October.
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Heather Angel / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) with full pollen baskets and pollen on head, thorax and abdomen. Bee withdrawing from Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) flower after nectaring. In garden, Surrey, England, UK. Feb...
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Rod Williams / Bluebottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria) on ivy leaf, showing blue abdomen. Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, England, November
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Michael Hutchinson / Close-up of a pair of Marsh fritillary butterflies (Euphydryas aurinia) mating, showing tips of abdomens, Devon, England, UK, June.
