C.Rayz

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Posted: 13 Jun 2013


Taken: 13 Jun 2013

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Nomada sp
Hastings Country Park
need id
st leonards on sea
Nature Reserve
east sussex
hastings
bee
wildlife
sleeping
Locked Jaw


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Nomada sp. Resting

Nomada sp. Resting
This little bee was acting really odd. It was walking around on blades of grass quite docile and then latched itself onto this blade you see by locking on with its jaws. We thought it had been parasitized because it was not letting go for anything and then folded its legs up.

I took some photos with the blade bent over a leaf cause the wind was swinging it all over. I wasn't going to post these, just was going to get an ID.

While looking around for the ID, I came across someones photo and one of the comments on it was 'lucky you, wish I could find one with locked jaw', so this got me thinking...why would you want to do that, what is this behavior.

So beginning my top notch detective work with a google search of 'Nomada locked jaw', I was rewarded with results that told me this bee is trying to sleep. I found this very interesting, and had never heard of such, maybe lots of insects do similar but we had never seen it.

I was unable to get an exact ID also, Bwars didn't have an exact match, so if anyone has an idea on that too, I'd appreciate it.

Imogen has particularly liked this photo


Latest comments - All (9)
 C.Rayz
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Appreciate all the comments! I would love to find a clump of these resting, but that would be my luck as well if these did that, to walk right on by...lol
10 years ago.
 Imogen
Imogen
Back for the umpteenth look. I think you should be proud of what you have achieved with these images.
10 years ago.
 C.Rayz
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Lol, thank you Imogen :)
10 years ago.
 Imogen
Imogen has replied
No kidding - I mean it. Sometimes the best capture is an unexpected one. I captured an amazing pic today of a bird taking its first flight out of the nest - with the nearest camera to hand, a point and shoot camera on the wrong settings.
10 years ago.
 C.Rayz
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Can't disagree with that, those are the memories too :)
10 years ago.

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