Tag: meadow

• Drury’s longhorn bee (Melissodes druriellus)

  Apidae > Melissodes > Melissodes druriellus Drury’s longhorn bee (Melissodes druriellus) is yet another player in the marvelous theater of goldenrods and asters. Females have a distinctive “banded” thorax created by a cinnamon stripe on the apical half. Look for these bees in August and September, but you’ll have to be fast to catch a…

  Bee Watching

  January 9, 2023

  Fall Bees, Melissodes, Specialists, Species Page

  asters, chap-legged bee, fall, forest, goldenrods, longhorn bee, meadow, Melissodes, Melissodes druriellus

• Aster mining bee (Andrena asteris)

  Andrenidae > Andrena > Andrena asteris Look for aster mining bee (Andrena asteris) in fall when the temperatures begin to drop and roadsides become ablaze with goldenrods and asters. The species is common throughout New England and can be found in a wide range of habitats from gardens to meadows to old fields to coastal…

  Bee Watching

  January 9, 2023

  Andrena, Fall Bees, Specialists, Species Page

  andrena, Andrena asteris, asters, backyard, fall, goldenrods, meadow, miner bee, mining bee, sand