| Digger Bee - Synhalonia sp. Order Hymenoptera / Family Anthophoridae / Subfamily Anthophorinae / Species: Synhalonia sp. Live adult female digger bees photographed in the wild at Winfield, Illinois. This digger bee is wet. For some reason, a lot of these bees were floating in the river one April day. I fished this one out, and after a few minutes of preening, it flew away. |
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These medium sized bees usually go unnoticed as they feed by collecting nectar and pollen from many flowers in gardens and meadows. They build underground solitary nests. Covered densely with yellow and black hairs, they resemble carpenter bees. Wings are clear but
smoky at the tip. The forewings have a small spot on the leading edge with the hind wings having a jugal lobe at the wing base. | ||