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i can now recognize different types of bees based on how they heavily and erratically they fly https://twitter.com/AlongsideWild/status/1262785866478555136">https://twitter.com/Alongside...
*blur among the flowers*
me: oh. ceratina.
*another blur among the flowers*
me, scrambling: SHIT SHIT NOMADA
me: oh. ceratina.
*another blur among the flowers*
me, scrambling: SHIT SHIT NOMADA
the only one i can really clearly explain atm is the non-native honeybee. they go in a very organized fashion from flower to flower in a flower cluster and if they have to fly any distance, they sorta drop down lightly onto the flower
ceratina...uh very light fliers (obvs cuz they& #39;re smol), but they very rarely actually land on a flower. the ones i see are usually males patrolling so they& #39;ll just float a bit around a flower (looking for a female) & then fly away, & there& #39;s almost always another right after it
this by the way is a ceratina
i haven& #39;t seen any augochlora yet so i dont remember them but augochlorella, they are super disorganized (or are using a system i can& #39;t figure out), and won& #39;t shy away from going to flowers in the middle of a bush (out of view). they& #39;re also super quick & never stay at one long
i was gonna do one on agapostemon but now im paranoid that the pictures i have of females are actually augocholrella
