HYMENOPTERA - Neil's Wildlife Journal

bees, wasps, sawflies and ants

Flavous Nomad Bee [Nomada flava]

Female - Location : Warnham NR, Horsham, West Sussex, England – Date of image : 13 May 2025

Flavous Nomad Bee [Nomada flava]

Female on a Rhododendron leaf – Location : Richmond Park, Greater London, England – Date of image : 18 May 2014

Gooden's Nomad Bee [Nomada goodeniana]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 Apr 2025

Gooden's Nomad Bee [Nomada goodeniana]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 Apr 2025

Narrow Stingless Bee [Tetragonisca angustula]

Clustering around hive entrance – Location : Hotel Bougainvillea, Santo Tomas, Heredia province, Costa Rica – Date of image : 18 Mar 2022

Davies' Colletes [Colletes daviesanus ?]

Female feeding on nectar from Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) – Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 13 Sep 2024

Davies' Colletes [Colletes daviesanus ?]

Female feeding on nectar from Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) – Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 13 Sep 2024

Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Oct 2021

Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]

Adults at nest site - Location : Sutton, Greater London, England – Date of image : 24 Sep 2021

Common Yellow-face Bee [Hylaeus communis]

Female on Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2021

Common Yellow-face Bee [Hylaeus communis]

Female on Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense)- Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jul 2025

Chalk Yellow-face Bee [Hylaeus dilatatus]

Adult on Traveller's-joy (Clematis vitalba) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 18 Jul 2025

Common Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum calceatum ?]

Female gathering pollen from Hemp-agrimony (Eupatoria cannabinum) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2025

White-zoned Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum leucozonium ?]

Female gathering pollen - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jul 2023

White-zoned Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum leucozonium ?]

Adult on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Oct 2021

Sharp-collared Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum malachurum ?]

Male on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2021

Sharp-collared Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum malachurum ?]

Female on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Jul 2021

Dark-winged Blood Bee [Sphecodes gibbus]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Aug 2021

Box-headed Blood Bee [Sphecodes monilicornis]

Adult on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jul 2021

Box-headed Blood Bee [Sphecodes monilicornis]

Adult on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jul 2021