Introducing beewolves: watch them pollinate flowers as they eat bees https://www.honeybeesuite.com/introducing-beewolves-watch-them-pollinate-flowers-as-they-eat-bees/ #solitarywasps #Philanthus #beewolves #wasps
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@empress @seedtopia
The same species, hump-backed #beewolf (#Philanthus gibbosus) is common in my garden every summer, July through September. In some years, I've seen them as early as June, and as late as October. They visit a wide variety of flowers, preferring #Asteraceae and #Lamiaceae.
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#beewolf #philanthus #Asteraceae #Lamiaceae #inaturalist #invertefest #invertefest2022 #insects #Hymenoptera #wasps