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Hairy footed Flower bee (Anthophora plumipes) A wonderful little bee!<br />
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Just check out those feather-like feet on this male.<br />
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Often seen whizzing on its zig-zagging flight path through your garden like Concorde on speed, this is what the airborne Roadrunner looks like when it finally settles.<br />
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To see it in action (partly in slow-mo) and learn more about it, check this out: <section class="video"><iframe width="448" height="282" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FreR4DwM75Y?hd=1&autoplay=0&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></section> Anthophora plumipes,Geotagged,Spring,United Kingdom

Hairy footed Flower bee (Anthophora plumipes)

A wonderful little bee!

Just check out those feather-like feet on this male.

Often seen whizzing on its zig-zagging flight path through your garden like Concorde on speed, this is what the airborne Roadrunner looks like when it finally settles.

To see it in action (partly in slow-mo) and learn more about it, check this out:

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The Hairy-footed flower bee

The hairy-footed flower bee is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae.

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants

Species identified by Philip Booker

By Philip Booker

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Uploaded Mar 31, 2021. Captured Mar 24, 2021 14:18 in 33 Crespin Way, Brighton BN1 7FG, UK.

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