Common Yellow Face Bee - Hylaeus communis

Size 6 to 8 mm. Males can be distinguished by the facial markings with the yellow on the face obviously divided by black bands and curling around the antennal sockets. Females have far more restricted yellow on the face, just a small patch lying against the edge of the eye. The antennae are entirely dark below and the hind tibia has a prominent yellow ring on the basal quarter to a half. The corners of the prothorax are prominent and strongly angled.

Feeds on a range of flowers and often found in gardens.

Peak time around July.

Probably the commonest of this group in the UK.

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.