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alexwild.bsky.social
The incomparable Ceratina cobaltina, a small carpenter bee from south Texas.
Photograph of a brilliantly metallic, shining green-blue bee with large eyes standing in the middle of a dandelion flower. The bee's body is covered in small, even pits.
March 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
anaturejournal.bsky.social
House Hunting. Ceratina strenua (small carpenter bee) #nativebees #pollinators
Ceratina strenua (small carpenter bee) at the tip of a hollow stem of Rudbeckia maxima. Ceratina strenua (small carpenter bee) at the tip of a hollow stem of Rudbeckia maxima.
March 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
loriweidenhammer.ca
Tiny shiny Ceratina in gumweed. #victoriabc
October 6, 2023 at 6:35 PM
ascalaphid.com
found another mutant Ceratina
June 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
txaverius.bsky.social
Una abeja Ceratina en unas Zinnias ornamentales de Valdesotos (Guadalajara).
July 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
amydwyer.bsky.social
#bloomscrolling
A Montauk daisy fresh and newly bloomed. So very clean and bright in fried egg white and yellow. The visitor on the edge of the cosmic whirling yellow tubular disc florets, the friend with the perfect antenna is (I think) a Ceratina. A small carpenter bee. So cute.
September 29, 2026 at 10:55 PM
txaverius.bsky.social
Una abeja Ceratina grande (para ser Ceratina) y bien hermosa en el huerto comunitario de Valdezarza, donde han cuidado tener una gran diversidad de plantas rodeando los bancales de producción.
August 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
ascalaphid.com
better photos of the Ceratina mutants
July 19, 2024 at 3:27 AM
crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
Pretty pair of small carpenter bees (Ceratina) enjoying a Chicory flower for #TwosDay

#inverts #becurious
macro photo of two very small metallic green bees in a pale blue-violet flower.
April 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
alexwild.bsky.social
The lovely Ceratina cobaltina, a small carpenter bee. Texas.
Close up photo of a brilliantly shiny blue-green bee, with large eyes and fine punctures all over its metallic body, standing in a yellow flower.
June 9, 2024 at 8:53 PM
ymilesz.bsky.social
We described a new species #Eurytomidae in the ##Aximopsis s.l. from Hainan 🇨🇳 named it qiong (琼) which is the one-character shorthand for the province. This is the second confirmed record of parasitism on #Ceratina 🐝, and first record of the genus in 🇨🇳. 🧪
bdj.pensoft.net Biodiversity Data Journal @bdj.pensoft.net · 3d
🐝 A global group of parasitoid wasps belonging to the genus Aximopsis has been under renewed scientific scrutiny, with molecular studies revealing that the current taxonomic classification does not accurately reflect the wasps' evolutionary relationships: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e206796
September 28, 2026 at 10:45 AM
amydwyer.bsky.social
#bloomscrolling
#bugsky
A teenie ceratina tiptoeing the echinacea angustifolia. You can see the yellow pollen stars in-between the spikey orange stigmas, that's what he's after.
July 19, 2026 at 5:57 PM
anaturejournal.bsky.social
A Spurred Ceratina (a species of the carpenter bee) visiting Verbena bonariensis #Ceratinacalcarata
Spurred Ceratina (a species of the carpenter bee) visiting the pink-purple cluster flower head of Verbena bonariensis. The bee is solid dark in appearance spurredceatina nativebee pollinators inverts
June 2, 2026 at 10:39 AM
crevicedwelling.bsky.social
ceratina small carpenter bee call that women in stem!
figure a and b of a small bee entering a stem, c of many bees inside cells in the stalk
October 22, 2024 at 6:43 PM
amparopirene.bsky.social
Chondrilla juncea es amarilla, superviviente cuando el calor aprieta más, y una abeja ¿Ceratina? pequeña y brillante.
#Guadarramasierraoeste🔥
July 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Spurred Ceratina (Ceratina calcarata), a tiny carpenter bee species. North Haven, CT, USA, Jun 6, 2025

🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insects #garden #insectholocaust
Close photo of a tiny bee on yellow Yarrow flowers.
June 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
corysheffield.bsky.social
A female Ceratina that I photographed last summer. #BlueBugs #BlueMonday #macrophotography #bees #beesofcanada #macro #photography
January 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
norwayskandinavien.bsky.social
5/ Eine Keulhornbiene, Gattung Ceratina (?) sitzt auf einer Blüte von Löwenzahn und saugt Nektar.
Eine Keulhornbiene, Gattung Ceratina (?) sitzt auf einer Blüte von Löwenzahn und saugt Nektar. Eine Keulhornbiene, Gattung Ceratina (?) sitzt auf einer Blüte von Löwenzahn und saugt Nektar. Eine Keulhornbiene, Gattung Ceratina (?) sitzt auf einer Blüte von Löwenzahn und saugt Nektar. Eine Keulhornbiene, Gattung Ceratina (?) sitzt auf einer Blüte von Löwenzahn und saugt Nektar.
May 4, 2026 at 9:33 AM
dtl.bsky.social
One more species on this flowering plant: a small carpenter bee, possibly a spurred ceratina
Small, iridescent green bee sipping from a tiny orange blossom ©️DTL 2025
July 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
azgibsonz.bsky.social
🐝📷 Ceratina bees are a group of native bee species that do not produce honey but are important pollinators of crops & wild plants. Ceratina bees are not aggressive but can sting for defence. They are usually dark with a shiny or metallic appearance.

Mine is on Fallugia paradoxa! 💮🌱🌿 #Invertebrates
When the Apache Plume plants blossom, I start looking for native bees like this little shiny ceratina bee...and wishing I had a macro lens.
May 30, 2024 at 6:06 PM
snks.bsky.social
Große Keulhornbiene
Ceratina chylybea
August 25, 2023 at 3:45 PM
rayhayes215.bsky.social
Morning tiny Ceratina spec (small carpenter #bee) atop a Black-eyed Susan #flower from my #Philly garden. 🌞 #FlyDay #macro #eastcoastkin #bees #insects #pollinators #nature #photography #dailyphoto
July 17, 2026 at 1:38 PM
rayhayes215.bsky.social
Morning tiny Ceratina spec (small carpenter #bee) lost in a field of Celosia argentea cristata #flowers in my neighbors #garden. 🌤️ #macro #photooftheday #RedWed #insect #eastcoastkin #naturephotography #BloomScroll
September 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
txaverius.bsky.social
Una abeja Ceratina recibe un pequeño empujón de una abeja megaquílida. Antes ya la había estado acosando para echarla de esas flores de Cosmos, sin mucho éxito.
July 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
amohr.org
On to the next.
#macromonday #bees #insects #inverts #garden #photography #eastcoastkin
A tiny dark metallic green carpenter bee (Ceratina sp.) disembarks the dark center of a Rudbeckia flower, off to find another one. The bright yellow petals make a contrasting backdrop.
September 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM