Things are warming up - literally and metaphorically. The Red Mason Bees are mating on my bee nest. Note the male with the white face on top, and the larger female, without a white face, underneath.
When Linnaeus named this bee in 1758 he thought the male and female were 2 different species Osmia rufa and Osmia bicornis which are now synonyms. Shows that even the great and famous can get it wrong
When Linnaeus named this bee in 1758 he thought the male and female were 2 different species Osmia rufa and Osmia bicornis which are now synonyms. Shows that even the great and famous can get it wrong
ReplyDeleteObviously the days before they examined the genitalia.
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