One of my favourite insects is the bee beetle / humlebille (Trichius fasciatus). This morning I saw it on one of my favourite onions victory onion / seiersløk (this one is Allium ochotense; the East Asian species – recently separated out as a species). Later I filmed it also on a hogweed (Heracleum spp.).
It’s always nice to spot a bee beetle / humlebille (Trichius fasciatus) in the garden. I discovered this one on the first Sanguisorba flower of the year!
I’ve been observing edimentals liked by the bees over the last week…and the winners are the following genera: Allium, Cirsium, Papaver, Trifolium, Dictamnus, Knautia, Campanula, Codonopsis and Aquilegia
I only need to find the time to get out Tor Bollingmo’s (Norwegian) book and attempt to identify the bee species!
Cirsium erisithales, yellow melancholy thistle
Allium
Allium
Allium cernuum
Allium cernuum
Cirsium erisithales, yellow melancholy thistle
Allium hymenorhizum
Cirsium erisithales, yellow melancholy thistle
Opium poppy
White clover
Dictamnus albus
Dictamnus albus
Cirsium eriophorum, woolly thistle
Field scabious, Knautia arvensis (rødknapp)
Field scabious, Knautia arvensis (rødknapp)
Allium cernuum
Campanula
Allium cernuum
Ligularia fischeri and white-lipped snail
Ligularia fischeri
Opium poppy
Opium poppy
Codonopsis
Aquilegia
200718: Not so good for us is that the good weather has lead to an explosion of the wasp population…on Hylotelephium (Sedum), Autumn stonecrop
200718: Wasp on Hylotelephium (Sedum), Autumn stonecrop
200718: Bee on Hylotelephium (Sedum), Autumn stonecrop
200718: Bee on Hylotelephium (Sedum), Autumn stonecrop
