Habropoda: an early spring digger bee
This handsome creature is a male Habropoda, an early spring digger bee that seems inured to cold and nasty weather. I got these photos on April 9 in a nearby patch of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, also known kinnikinnick or bearberry. The plant is one of the major clues to the bee’s identity because Habropoda is known […] Read more