The Firs Car Park contains a sizeable colony of Sandpit Mining Bees - with much activity evident this weekend. The smaller males are white-haired, appearing grey in flight, whilst the larger females have a tawny-haired thorax.
Sandpit Mining Bee, Andrena barbilabris, Holme NWT, 7th May 2016 - female
Sandpit Mining Bee, Andrena barbilabris, Holme NWT, 7th May 2016 - male
Sandpit Mining Bee, Andrena barbilabris, Holme NWT, 7th May 2016 - female digging tunnel
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