Blue Banded B

[GBO25]

Another wet day today and it seems to have stopped these blue banded bees from flying. Usually they settle on some twigs in my garden at sunset and are up and gone at dawn but today they're just hangin' around.
These are males which have 5 blue bands. The females which have 4 bands actually live in holes in the ground. They're solitary bees and don't have hives.

[Marie Hass]

Wet bee!!!! It is too cold to fly.

And it has made you!

Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Marie

[Barbara Ponder]

Nice one Graham. I love the color of his eye and is that little red thing his tongue?

[deetheturk]

Lovely captures Graham, love the eyes on these little guys

[IzzieK]

Love your wet project, Graham...#1 is very good, but I love the pose of #2 a lot better and the composition of #1 is excellent. Good job.

[John 2]

Good series Graham. I particularly like the second one. It's an attractive looking insect. I don't think we have anything like it over here. Geoff??

[GBO25]

Thanks all and yes Izzie, a good wet weather project although very little light even at f2.8 to get a decent shutter speed and forget about it at f6.3 and above so very reduced depth of field.

Nice one Graham. I love the color of his eye and is that little red thing his tongue?

No not its tongue Barbara, it's something on the twig.

Good series Graham. I particularly like the second one. It's an attractive looking insect. I don't think we have anything like it over here.

These bees are native to an area stretching from India through Malasia, Indonesia and New Guinea and down to Australia so no, you won't have them in the UK or Europe.

[Shadowman]

Nice effort, especially like that second and third image.

[Stagecoach]

Good set Graham of an interesting little fella.