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Happy World Bee Day! This is Andrena distans, a specialist of geraniums. #worldbeeday
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Male Melissodes & small white asters 4-ever
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Megachile babe 💜
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This is a Pseudopanurgus gal from last week. Take a look at the big mass of pollen on her hind leg. It's easy to overlook since it blends in with the flower. This genus isn't very common, but I'd guess they're also easily overlooked. They're small, dark b
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Colletes simulans armatus, the Eastern spine-shouldered cellophane bee. A lover of goldenrod. 💛
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Augochloropsis metallica, my favorite of the greenies
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Stictocephala treehopper
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Male Bombus citrinus (lemon cuckoo bumble bee) on wingstem. The males of this species are probably the most sluggish bees I’ve seen.
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Nonna Agnes's Blue, Graines de Café and Ugandan Bantu
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This is a parasitoid wasp in the genus Gasteruption (band name up for grabs). They're pretty small, less than inch, and are parasitoids of solitary bees and wasps. They have a cool hovering flight, and I often see them floating above Queen Anne's Lace to
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A really long friend
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Andrena hirticincta, the hairy-banded mining bee 💛
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This gorgeous gal is a Bombus fervidus (Golden Northern Bumble Bee) queen-to-be. This is the first year I've seen this species in my yard, or even anywhere in this county. And this is the seventh bumble bee species in my yard! I'm so happy. Fingers crosse
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My field thistle (Cirsium discolor) only has a few blooms left. I need to go grab a few more seeds before the birds eat them all. #wouldgrowagain
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Andrena nubecula (cloudy-winged miner bee) with pollen packed to her pits
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Agapostemon virescens. One of four Agapostemon species in Ohio. 💚
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Magical pink beans. PINK! These were a surprise. I never planted such such a jewel.
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Perfect hair
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Agapostemon virescens waiting for me to get out of her face 💚
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Love these blue-eyed babes. I need to plant more ironweed for next year.
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Glad I’m not a female bee.
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An ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvania) patiently waiting for a meal.
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A Melissodes hunk. Probably M. denticulatus, an ironweed specialist.
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It’s hard to hide under a bean leaf if you’ve already eaten half of it.
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Megachile sculpturalis ghoul and his frightening face
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Bombus fervidus 💛💛
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It’s not easy being green. #augochlorapura
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You can never have too many photos of big-eyed brown-belted boys on coneflowers.
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