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Genus PhidippusObserver
morcuttDescription
A juvenile P. audex? A split-second later, spider with bee toppled to the ground. Bee was an unlucky male Andrena, subgenus Melandrena.
bee’s observation, from a couple of minutes earlier:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/209109201
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Mining Bees (Genus Andrena)Observer
kellytuckerDescription
On blackberry.
I’ve seen as many as six on the same Rubus at once. There’s at least 1/4 acre of rubus alone on which to feed. So this species must be friendly since they’re not social bees.
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Blood Bees (Genus Sphecodes)Observer
dlk555Description
I think most likely a masked bee but couldn’t get a great photo in the light. The bottom part was a reddish brown that really stood out against the white flowers.
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Longhorn Bees (Tribe Eucerini)Observer
kencheeksDescription
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
McCormick County, SC
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Digger Bees (Tribe Anthophorini)Observer
botanyliciousDescription
Taken with camera without GPS - approximate location. In the West Tract of the WMA near the Henry Currington Road entrance (or so.)
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Subgenus XanthosarusObserver
mossman13Description
With leaves from nearby Crataegus shrub in shrubby grassland mostly dominated by cool-season exotics. Entered and left nest in ground burrow in sandy soil.
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Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)Observer
alexstachDescription
Today the bats didn't come out until 16 minutes after sunset, and it took even longer for them to get close. That means no color in these photos, unfortunately. Perhaps this gives a better idea of snout/ear shape though? Presumably the same species as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202484027
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Compressed Dark Bee (Stelis coarctatus)Observer
ariellopezpicsDescription
Edit: added photos better showing wing venation and tibial spikes
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Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees (Genus Megachile)Observer
rongoetzDescription
A petal-cutting sequence: she cut a neat strip from one of the petals of Oenothera macrocarpa. Unfortunately, I came along after most of the work had already been accomplished.
The first image is not in focus, but some of the subsequent shots are fairly sharp. I never got an image of dorsal tergum 6, so identification may be complicated; for what it's worth, notice that tergum 6 is clearly concave (note the "tail" visible in the first 3 images). There are also shots that give a surprising amount of detail about the dentation of the mandibles and the structure of the tarsi.
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Genus SvastraObserver
rebecca145Description
I've not seen this one before... I check my flowers every day several times a day.
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Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees (Genus Megachile)Observer
rebecca145Description
2 of them fight in 1st photo
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Composite Bare-Miner (Protandrena compositarum)Observer
tobyshayaDescription
In situ observation of specimen by @watchforsnakes https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183969596
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Metallic Sweat Bees (Subgenus Dialictus)Observer
forest-stream-and-seaDescription
Watched 2-3 of them for a while - VERY tiny insects - entering tunnels in the dirt, disappearing under detritus (presumably into hidden holes), occasionally flying around – all within the soil of a potted plant. (Taxus sp.)
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Augochlorine Sweat Bees (Tribe Augochlorini)Observer
forest-stream-and-seaDescription
On Solidago sp.
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Fly-like Carpenter (Xylocopa muscaria)Observer
aliandbriceDescription
Found dead on the pooldeck. Also saw these last Febuary at Delfins but so fast when alive that I couldn't get a picture. White on gena less noticable than in other specimens...
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North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)Observer
alexstachDescription
three individuals were present
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Eastern Thistle Longhorn Bee (Melissodes desponsus)Observer
feralgoatDescription
These is also a little guy on that and I didn’t take a great photo of him.
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Mining Bees (Genus Andrena)Observer
mfrieseDescription
Found on Ageratina altissima
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Caupolicana yarrowiObserver
cgwilsonDescription
Collected on Larrea tridentata
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saurona_aurigeraDescription
Specimen collected at indicated time and location
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Tribe MegachiliniObserver
fitz1412Description
Megachilidae- Say's Cuckoo Leafcutter Bee (Coelioxys sayi) nectaring Clasping Heliotrope (Heliotropian aplexicaule), 8/17/2023, The Landings Sparrow Field “Pollinator Garden Berm”, Skidaway Island,
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Longhorn Bees (Tribe Eucerini)Observer
iheartmollusksDescription
On late purple aster
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Pure Green Sweat Bee (Augochlora pura)Observer
crispycatDescription
It was digging a hole in rotting wood.
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Perplexing Rotund-Resin Bee (Anthidiellum perplexum)Observer
aperturesciencebydanDescription
Emerged from the found black casing
