Taken on 9th May 2006 in my garden. This is the male.
by wallaby1 Jul 3, 2007 8:38 PM
Taken on 26th April 2008, Lincoln UK. A female feeding on Forget-me-not flowers. This is quite dark, beware of the similarly dark O. bicolor which has all black thorax hairs.
by wallaby1 Nov 28, 2008 11:48 PM
Like the male, the female has orange abdomen hairs but has black facial hairs, the male has more white facial hairs like a large moustache.
by wallaby1 Nov 28, 2008 11:50 PM
On 26th April 2008, a male feeding on Forget-me-not flowers.
by wallaby1 Nov 29, 2008 12:20 AM
Male face on, they don't sit to feed and move on very quickly!
by wallaby1 Nov 29, 2008 12:22 AM
They have a short tongue and feed on small flowers.
by wallaby1 Nov 29, 2008 12:24 AM
A male in flight.
by wallaby1 Nov 29, 2008 12:25 AM
On 29th April, a male resting briefly on a leaf.
by wallaby1 Nov 29, 2008 12:28 AM
A male in flight.
by wallaby1 Nov 29, 2008 12:30 AM
On 10th May, a female feeding on Forget-me-not flowers. It's head looks strangely broad.
by wallaby1 Nov 29, 2008 12:35 AM
Another view of the female.
by wallaby1 Nov 29, 2008 12:36 AM
Female
by wallaby1 Nov 29, 2008 12:37 AM
On 29th May, a very worn male feeding on Geranium robertianum.
by wallaby1 Nov 29, 2008 12:47 AM
The worn male.
by wallaby1 Nov 29, 2008 12:48 AM
On 8th June, a washed out female feeding on Heuchera 'Siver Indianna' flowers which are tiny.
by wallaby1 Nov 29, 2008 12:51 AM
The bleached female in flight.
by wallaby1 Nov 29, 2008 12:53 AM
She is like a tiny doll!
by wallaby1 Nov 29, 2008 12:54 AM
The neck looks like a stretchy peg with a snapped on hollow head!
by wallaby1 Nov 29, 2008 12:59 AM
