This small bee lay struggling in a layer of water that sood in a plant pot. Triggered by the red color of the abdomen I took it in for a photo shoot.
Looking at the photo’s I suspected a Bloodbee but using the key[2] didn’t give a convincing result. So back to the bee family key[1] and it turns out to be a Nomada bee. The striking antennae turn out to be part of the key to identifying this species[2]: a female Nomada sheppardana.
Update 04/v/2022
Visitor Tjomme Fernhout made me aware that this is a specimen Fabricus nomad bee (Nomada fabriciana), which turns out correct after going through the key [3].
The bee is very small, about 4-7 mm. In this picture it is sitting on the first segment of my vinger.
Literature
1 Peeters, T.M.J., H. Nieuwenhuijsen, J. Smit, F. van der Meer, I.P. Raemakers, W.R.B. Heitmans, C. van Achterberg, M. Kwak, A.J. Loonstra, J. de Rond, M. Roos & M. Reemer, 2012. De Nederlands bijen (Hymennoptera: Apidae s.l.). - Natuur van Nederland 11, Naturalis Biodiversity Center & European Invertebrate Survey - Nederland, Leiden.2 wildebijen.nl, "De Nederlandse bijen en hun relaties, overzicht van in Nederland en Vlaanderen voorkomende solitaire en sociale bijen (Apidea s.l.)"
3 Nieuwenhuijsen, Hans & Peeters, Theo. (2016). Nederlandse bijen op naam brengen. Deel 1.
Hi! Nice website but this is Nomada fabriciana and not sheppardana.
Best wishes
Tjomme Fernhout
Thank you Tjomme for pointing this out, that is indeed the correct species. I’ve changed it accordingly.
Kind regards,
Olger