Fork Tailed Flower Bee

[dibbly dobbler]

A first for me and quite rare up here in Scotland

Shot using minimum aperture as per Nick's suggestion - increased depth of field trumps absolute sharpness


Fork Tailed Flower Bee (Anthophora furcata) by Mike Smith, on Flickr

 

[gilbouk]

I was hoping to see a spinning saucer :-(

 

[dibbly dobbler]

I was hoping to see a spinning saucer :-(

Heheh - I was hoping to see an insect ID

 

[Deleted member 3428]

It is a sleeping Bee Mike, nice find and shot

 

[Graham]

Nice find and shot, Maybe have a look at this,
Hairy-Footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes) is my guess.

 

[dibbly dobbler]

Nice find and shot, Maybe have a look at this,
Hairy-Footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes) is my guess.

Thanks Graham

One of my Flickr chums suggested that but I think it may be a Fork Tailed Flower Bee as the male has the distinctive yellow face see sample here

 

[Graham]

Thanks Graham

One of my Flickr chums suggested that but I think it may be a Fork Tailed Flower Bee as the male has the distinctive yellow face see sample here

Maybe try a social media ID group if you are on FB or whatever.

 

[alfbranch]

Nicely shot