I miss my little buzzy buddies! 🥺

Orange-vented Mason Bees (Osmia leaiana) up to mischief in the garden 😉 Leeds UK. June 2025.

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Orange-vented Mason Bee (Osmia leaiana, female) in the garden, Leeds UK. May 2025.

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One from last summer for #InsectThursday and the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGForGold: a fresh Orange-vented Mason Bee sleeping on a nipplewort flower.

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Saturday, June 8, 2024 I don't think he was exactly asleep, because the antennae usually droop in those circumstances, but this Orange-vented Mason Bee was...

Passive:
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