515 pictures found
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Stelis (Stelis punctulatissima), Megachilid parasite of Anthidia (Anthidium manicatum), on Great Globethistle (Echinops sphaerocephalus), jardin des
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Stelis (Stelis punctulatissima), Megachilid parasite of Anthidia (Anthidium manicatum), on Great Globethistle (Echinops sphaerocephalus), jardin des plantes in front of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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Leafcutter bee urinating in flight, Patchwork leaf-cutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) and Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa violacea) on flower, Jardin des
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Leafcutter bee urinating in flight, Patchwork leaf-cutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) and Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa violacea) on flower, Jardin des Plantes in front of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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Parasitic bee (Coelioxys echinata) female on gypsophila, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Parasitic bee (Coelioxys echinata) female on gypsophila, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Leafcutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) female collecting pollen in a Bluebell, 2015 June 16, Alpes
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Leafcutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) female collecting pollen in a Bluebell, 2015 June 16, Alpes
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Leaf-cutting bee on Restharrow - Northern Vosges France ; Mégachile actuating the mechanism for the flower collect pollen with back legs
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Leaf-cutting bee on Restharrow - Northern Vosges France ; Mégachile actuating the mechanism for the flower collect pollen with back legs while foraging nectar
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Leafcutting bee on Crop honesty flower - Northern Vosges
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Cotton bee (Anthidium manicatum) in flight on flowers of Betony
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Cotton bee (Anthidium manicatum) in flight on flowers of Betony (Stachys officinalis), Jardin botanique Jean-Marie Pelt, Nancy-54, Lorraine, France
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Cotton bee (Anthidium manicatum) on woolly leaf, Jean-Marie Pelt Botanical Garden, Nancy, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Cotton bee (Anthidium manicatum) on woolly leaf, Jean-Marie Pelt Botanical Garden, Nancy, Lorraine, France
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Leafcutting bee (Osmia submicans), Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Leafcutting bee (Osmia submicans), Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Leaf-cutting bee (Megachile pilidens) female carrying a leaf in her gallery, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Leaf-cutting bee (Megachile pilidens) female carrying a leaf in her gallery, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Leaf cutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) female on birdsfoot trefoil, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Leaf cutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) female on birdsfoot trefoil, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Leaf cutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) female on lavender Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Leaf cutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) female on lavender Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord, France
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Leaf-cutting bee (Megachile ericetorum) male on lavender, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Leaf-cutting bee (Megachile ericetorum) male on lavender, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Female cuckoo bee (Coelioxys aurolimbata) on lavender, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Female cuckoo bee (Coelioxys aurolimbata) on lavender, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Harebell carpenter bee (Chelostoma campanularum) mating Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Harebell carpenter bee (Chelostoma campanularum) mating Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Stelis (Stelis punctulatissima), Megachilid parasite of Anthidia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Stelis (Stelis punctulatissima), Megachilid parasite of Anthidia (Anthidium manicatum), on Great Globethistle (Echinops sphaerocephalus), jardin des plantes in front of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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Cuckoo bee (Coelioxys sp) on flower, jardin des plantes in front of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Cuckoo bee (Coelioxys sp) on flower, jardin des plantes in front of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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Patchwork leaf-cutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) on Knapweed (Centaurea sp), jardin des plantes in front of the Muséum national d'histoire
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Patchwork leaf-cutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) on Knapweed (Centaurea sp), jardin des plantes in front of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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Patchwork leaf-cutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) on Great Globethistle (Echinops sphaerocephalus), jardin des plantes in front of the Muséum
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Patchwork leaf-cutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) on Great Globethistle (Echinops sphaerocephalus), jardin des plantes in front of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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Patchwork leaf-cutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) on Wild artichoke (Cynara cardunculus), jardin des plantes in front of the Muséum national
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Patchwork leaf-cutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) on Wild artichoke (Cynara cardunculus), jardin des plantes in front of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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Cotton bee (Anthidium manicatum), jardin des plantes in front of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Cotton bee (Anthidium manicatum), jardin des plantes in front of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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Large mason bee (Osmia xanthomelana) male, Mont Ventoux, Provence, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Large mason bee (Osmia xanthomelana) male, Mont Ventoux, Provence, France
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Female Patchwork leaf-cutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) on field scabiosa (Knautia arvensis), Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park,
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Female Patchwork leaf-cutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) on field scabiosa (Knautia arvensis), Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Leaf-cutting bee (Megachile dorsalis) on birdsfoot trefoil, Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Leaf-cutting bee (Megachile dorsalis) on birdsfoot trefoil, Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany, France
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Female Sleepy carpenter bee (Chelostoma florisomne) plugging her egg-laying gallery,
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Female Sleepy carpenter bee (Chelostoma florisomne) plugging her egg-laying gallery, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Alfalfa leafcutter (Megachile rotundata) male on mint, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Alfalfa leafcutter (Megachile rotundata) male on mint, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Alfalfa leafcutter bee (Megachile rotundata) female on birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Alfalfa leafcutter bee (Megachile rotundata) female on birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Female Leaf-cutting baee (Megachile pilidens) carrying a leaf cut out of her gallery, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Female Leaf-cutting baee (Megachile pilidens) carrying a leaf cut out of her gallery, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Orange-vented Mason Bee (Osmia leaiana) female on knapweed, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Orange-vented Mason Bee (Osmia leaiana) female on knapweed, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Welted Lesser Masson Bee (Hoplitis claviventris) on lavender flowers. Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Welted Lesser Masson Bee (Hoplitis claviventris) on lavender flowers. Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Alfalfa leafcutting bee (Megachile rotundata) on flower, Drome, France
© Jean-François Noblet / Biosphoto
© Jean-François Noblet / Biosphoto
Alfalfa leafcutting bee (Megachile rotundata) on flower, Drome, France
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Leaf-cutting bees (Megachile sp) before leaving its dormitory
© Bernard Dubreuil / Biosphoto
© Bernard Dubreuil / Biosphoto
Leaf-cutting bees (Megachile sp) before leaving its dormitory shelter (Serapias vomeracea) with pollinia on its nose. Gironde - Nouvelle-Aquitaine - France.
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Horned Osmia (Osmia cornuta), male, nest box, window sill, Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France
© Denis Bringard / Biosphoto
© Denis Bringard / Biosphoto
Horned Osmia (Osmia cornuta), male, nest box, window sill, Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France
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Mason Bee (Osmia ravouxi) female building her nesting box in a rock, Regional Nature Park of the Northern Vosges, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Mason Bee (Osmia ravouxi) female building her nesting box in a rock, Regional Nature Park of the Northern Vosges, France
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Jersey Mason Bee (Osmia niveata) female in front of her gallery in the dead wood, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Jersey Mason Bee (Osmia niveata) female in front of her gallery in the dead wood, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Leafcutting bee (Osmia anthocopoides) on Vipersbugloss (Echium sp) flower, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Leafcutting bee (Osmia anthocopoides) on Vipersbugloss (Echium sp) flower, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Mason bee (Osmia adunca) male waiting for a female on a vipersbugloss flower, Mont Ventoux, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Mason bee (Osmia adunca) male waiting for a female on a vipersbugloss flower, Mont Ventoux, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Mason Bee (Osmia ravouxi) Female building the closure of her egg-laying gallery, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Cotton Bee (Anthidium manicatum) in flight over flowering Common Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Provence, France
© Pierre Huguet-Dubief / Biosphoto
© Pierre Huguet-Dubief / Biosphoto
Cotton Bee (Anthidium manicatum) in flight over flowering Common Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Provence, France
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Pollination by Zygene (Zygaena fausta), Mining Bee (Halictus quadricinctus), Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) and Cuckoo bee (Stelis signata)
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Pollination by Zygene (Zygaena fausta), Mining Bee (Halictus quadricinctus), Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) and Cuckoo bee (Stelis signata) on a rare thistle in autumn, Ardèche, France
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Spined Mason Bee (Osmia spinulosa) on Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annuus) flower, Ardeche, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Spined Mason Bee (Osmia spinulosa) on Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annuus) flower, Ardeche, France
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Leafcutter bee (Megachile pyrenaica)Horseshoe vetch (Hippocrepis comosa), Mont Ventoux, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Leafcutter bee (Megachile pyrenaica)Horseshoe vetch (Hippocrepis comosa), Mont Ventoux, France
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Perez's Small-Mason Bee (Hoplitis perezi)Mallow-leaved Bindweed (Convolvulus althaeoides)
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Perez's Small-Mason Bee (Hoplitis perezi)Mallow-leaved Bindweed (Convolvulus althaeoides)
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Potter bee (Anthidium septemspinosum) female on Autumn Lady's Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis)
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Potter bee (Anthidium septemspinosum) female on Autumn Lady's Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis)
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Gold-fringed Mason Bee (Osmia aurulenta) male on Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) flower, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Gold-fringed Mason Bee (Osmia aurulenta) male on Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) flower, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Hornfaced bee (Osmia cornuta) Three-way mating, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Hornfaced bee (Osmia cornuta) Three-way mating, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Solitary bee parasitic mite (Chaetodactylus osmiae), Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Solitary bee parasitic mite (Chaetodactylus osmiae), Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Common ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita) visiting an Osmia hole in an insect hotel, Lorraine, France, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Common ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita) visiting an Osmia hole in an insect hotel, Lorraine, France, Lorraine, France