Tuesday 7 August 2012

Cracking Common carder!

Looking round my back garden this afternoon I found a Buff Tailed Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris feeding on my buddleia.

More excitingly for me though were 5 Common carder bees, Bombus pascuorum, feeding on lupin, blackberry and sweet mallow.

Although they have probably been present for longer than today, it takes my garden species to 6.




Common carder Bee & Lupin


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