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Pantaloon bee. came across this bee, they where around me by the dozens in The Kampina near Oirschot the Netherlands Dasypoda hirtipes,Geotagged,Netherlands,Pantaloon bee,Spring Click/tap to enlarge

Pantaloon bee.

came across this bee, they where around me by the dozens in The Kampina near Oirschot the Netherlands

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"Dasypoda hirtipes" is a mining bee. The females have unmistakable large orange brown hairbrushes at the hindlegs. With these brushes the females collect pollen from yellow "Asteraceae". The females are nesting in, sometimes large, nest aggregations. Each female has her own burrow, and the sand from excavation is left as a wall around the entrance of the burrow.

Species identified by Paul Dirksen
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By Paul Dirksen

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Uploaded Jun 12, 2020. Captured Jun 12, 2020 12:32 in Annadreef, 5281 Boxtel, Netherlands.
  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/13.0
  • 1/99s
  • ISO320
  • 560mm