Taken on 25th June 2008, Lincoln UK. Feeding on Geranium versicolor in my garden. The broad semicircular notch in the posterior margin of T6 separates this from O. caerulescens. Thanks to Stuart.

by wallaby1 Jan 1, 2009 9:56 PM

In flight, this is a male.

by wallaby1 Jan 1, 2009 9:58 PM

Taken on 10th June 2008, this looking a little fresher. On a Geranium sylvaticum hybrid.

by wallaby1 Jan 1, 2009 10:06 PM

It is a small bee with very shaggy, orange thorax hairs.

by wallaby1 Jan 1, 2009 10:09 PM