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bugsrule.bsky.social
Mine, all mine! Monarch and Melissodes
Monarch and Melissodes
September 29, 2026 at 3:01 PM
jtkindt.bsky.social
Longhorn #bees (probably Melissodes druriellus) are back at Legacy Park for the fall. Males (like this one) seem to emerge a little earlier than females. These were on goldenrod but as more of the little white asters (symphyotrichum) comes into bloom they will shift over there.

#bugsky
Bee on yellow goldenrod flowers with very long orange antennae pointed down, greenish (celadon is the word that comes to mind) marbled eyes, lower face white, lite golden hair on thorax and face.
September 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
juliejam.bsky.social
A long-horned bee on the Firewheels from a sunnier day this week. #bees #insects #gardening 🌱 #nativeplants #insectthursday
A male long-horned bee feeding on a red Gaillardia pulchella flower. He is a small be with thick golden hair on his face, shoulders and legs, green eyes, long antennae, and a black abdomen with faint stripes of white hair. The picture shows the whole flower and the bee's small size. It is probably Melissodes dentriventris, the Tooth-bellied Longhorn Bee. We know he is male because females have shorter antennae. A closeup picture of the bee from the side. The bee seen from above. The bee's face is long and covered with golden hair and grains of yellow pollen. Oklahoma Northern Crosstimbers ecoregion 29a.
September 10, 2026 at 2:16 PM
jasonslivingroom.bsky.social
I found this male long horned bee resting on a false sunflower on a cool morning. The male bees rest on blooms because they don't have a nest to return to. I think its a sunflower long horned bee specifically

Melissodes agilis?
Newmarket ON
Aug 2026

#bugs #photography #wildlife #yorkregion #bugsky
September 4, 2026 at 12:31 PM
0neof8bn.bsky.social
Sent a message to a buddy who shares pollinator photos with me. Google says it’s a two-spotted longhorn bee. (Melissodes bimaculatus) Yours has collected plenty of pollen😊
August 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM
beeproject.bsky.social
Late summer is long-horned bee season, and we’re excited to see so many Melissodes species!

Look for them visiting asters, goldenrods, sunflowers, tarweeds, and other members of the Asteraceae family.
August 27, 2026 at 11:16 PM
loriweidenhammer.ca
Late summer fashion tip: Pollen pants are in season! #melissodes #nanaimoestuary #bees
Female long-horned bee with long silky branched hairs on her back legs for collecting pollen to provision her nest in the ground.
August 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
grays.art
Female longhorn bee
(Melissodes communis)

on wild passion flower
(Passiflora incarnata)

Crew pen flint strand
Bonita springs, Florida 8-20-26

#MacroMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon #pink #BlueSkyMonday #eck #native #insects #macro #photography #bees #nature #art #threewordgenre #wild #flowers #purple 🐝
A macro close-up of a blue-eyes, female long-horned bee (Melissodes) heavily dusted in yellow pollen, perched atop the intricate, light purple, pink, light green, and white central structures of a native purple passionflower. The bee's detailed composite eye with a pale blue pattern is in sharp focus, along with its short antennae and thick, pollen-covered hind leg hairs. It clings to the central lime-green column of the flower, surrounded by speckled, outspread petals and fringed corona filaments that blur into a warm, soft-focus background of natural greens and purples.
August 24, 2026 at 2:02 AM
photograbee.bsky.social
It's true. Woo hoo. I'm struggling to keep up. While dialing in a new work flow. Here we go! #bees #Flowers
Side view of a Melissodes longhorn bee feeding on a Red and yellow Gaillardia at sunset. With large yellow coated pollen pants. Jan Groh Photograbee 2026.
August 21, 2026 at 6:36 PM
anna-inside-out.bsky.social
Two-spotted Longhorn Bees
(Melissodes bimaculatus)

Happy #FlyDay, Bluesky!

Phone camera, July 23, 2026, Baltimore, cropped, otherwise unprocessed

#EastCoastKin #macro #photography #macroPhotography #insects #bugs #bugsky #bees #nature #art #ThreeWordGenre
2 two-spotted longhorn bees hold onto opposite sides of a blade of marsh iris grass, appearing to kiss. In this shot, their wings and torsos appear to be a medium-dark brown, with pale blond, furry legs. Antennae are dark orange. (In shots taken minutes later, these same bees appeared to be black.)
August 20, 2026 at 2:15 PM
rojasburke.bsky.social
A longhorn bee (genus Melissodes, currently the most abundant pollinators in my Portland garden)
August 18, 2026 at 7:13 PM
chaseprairie.bsky.social
Why would getting home at 8:30pm stop me from starting a new Melissodes?
Melissodes druriellus guide in progress, a strongly black and pale yellow bee
August 18, 2026 at 3:58 AM
chaseprairie.bsky.social
Update on my morning:
Was surveying one of my research benches of plants, saw a Melissodes agilis, and was SHOCKED at how tiny he was!!!!! What do you mean they are that small???
chaseprairie.bsky.social 🌾 Dr. Liz Anna Kozik 🌾 @chaseprairie.bsky.social · Aug 16
I just submitted this to some inat Melissodes people, we'll see how they roast me

These two species look a lot alike, are on sunflowers most of the time, AND are perfect angel teddy bears 🥹🥹🥹🥹
A comparison illustration between Melissodes agilis and trinodis, mostly the females have different butt stripes The males have different abdominal plate quality edges and different tips of their butts
August 17, 2026 at 7:26 PM
chaseprairie.bsky.social
look at this snuffaluffagus and tell me you aren't in love!!

www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Tickseed Longhorn Bee (Melissodes coreopsis)
Tickseed Longhorn Bee from Weslaco, TX, USA on October 29, 2022 by sixlegs. This 11 mm female bee was found feeding on camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris), alongside many...
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August 17, 2026 at 7:16 PM
photograbee.bsky.social
And I'm re-sharing this absolute unit of a Melissodes longhorn bee from last year for #MacroMonday. They're so fluffy! The teddy bear of #bees.
Macro shot of a very fluffy tawny Melissodes longhorn bee stretched over a mature Gaillardia flower center feeding at dusk. One tattered flower petal behind it. Blurred bokeh background. Jan Groh Photograbee 2025.
August 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM
chaseprairie.bsky.social
I just submitted this to some inat Melissodes people, we'll see how they roast me

These two species look a lot alike, are on sunflowers most of the time, AND are perfect angel teddy bears 🥹🥹🥹🥹
A comparison illustration between Melissodes agilis and trinodis, mostly the females have different butt stripes The males have different abdominal plate quality edges and different tips of their butts
August 16, 2026 at 11:20 PM
chaseprairie.bsky.social
Bbbbbbbbbbbbeeeeeees
Sketchy in progress Melissodes ID guide
August 16, 2026 at 3:23 AM
nobodynursery.bsky.social
- Megachile (parallela, nevadensis, fidelis)
- Melissodes (lupinus, agilis, menuachus, microstictus, pallidisignatus)

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August 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
chaseprairie.bsky.social
my favoritest bees ever, the flying teddybears (Melissodes spp) are out and I love them so I had this wild idea to add them to my growing pile of visual bee ID keys

This uhhhh may be a way bigger undertaking than I realized. What do mean mean ID hinges on the color of tiny hair on one abdomen band?
one of my photos of a Melissodes (subgenus Eumelissodes) on a ratibida pinnata flowerhead. The bee is a boy (long antennae) made of golden fluff, with a giant ruff like a lion's mane and giant eyes every shojo protagonist wish they had a messy sketch page with scribbles of male and female traits and a screenshot text being annotated for two particular species (agilis and trinodis)
August 14, 2026 at 3:52 PM
sewsimply.bsky.social
This is a busy morning in the pollinator garden. A Black Swallowtail, a fiery skipper, a metallic banded sweat bee, a carpenter bee, a longhorn bee, on the zinnias. My honey bees & bumble bee are preferring the giant hyssop.
August 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM
loriweidenhammer.ca
Seeing the gumweed bees again is life-affirming. #victoriabc #bees
female Melissodes on Grindelia integrifolia Pebble bee on Puget Sound gumweed
August 9, 2026 at 12:23 AM
mariannedenton.bsky.social
Longhorn Bees being bros sleeping next to the highway on a shared wild sunflower.

♂ Longhorn Bees (Melissodes)
🌿
A two panel photo. It’s one wild sunflower but the left panel is more sunny and the right panel is shaded. There is a longhorn bee sleeping in the shared sunflower
August 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
dadrummond.art
Back yard today (day 2). Single shots on very active animals...part of the process is just standing with this massive camera, weaving back and forth as if in the wind, so that the bugs begin to accept you as part of the garden. And then desperately leaning in/back to get the focus right 😅 #bugsky
Sphex pennsylvanicus (great black wasp) on mountain mint, head on, iridescent blue wings popped apart. You can see her delicate mouthparts (labial and maxillary palps) extended, hanging down below her head. Melissodes bimaculatus (two-spotted longhorn bee) on ironweed. The bee is actively crawling on the bright magenta flowers, its face and body dusted with white pollen grains. Its hind legs are covered in cream-colored fur.
July 31, 2026 at 5:46 PM