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Aguililla Pecho Rojo (Buteo lineatus)Observ.
tmurray74Descripción
The Red-shouldered is driving the larger Red-tailed Hawk out of its territory.
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Abejas de Primavera (Género Andrena)Observ.
beesearcherDescripción
bluish sheen
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tmurray74Lugar
Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area, 74 Lake Pleasant Rd, Montague, MA 01351, USA (Google, OSM)
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Abejas de Primavera (Género Andrena)Observ.
mpelikanDescripción
This fuzzy little guy (c. 8 mm) keeps keying out as A. erythrogaster, which would be a new species for Dukes County/Martha's Vineyard. It seems a bit small, with the vertex rather long for that species. But apparently all-black males like this are not uncommon. Cheek shape; long, thin, reddish basitarsi; fairly short clypeus with dense pitting and a magnificent brush of pale hair; F1 slightly longer than F2; terga with no apical fascia and depressed, reddish hyaline margins; sternal subapical fimbriae with sparse long hairs, interrupted medially; and long. slender mandibles with prominent subapical teeth are among the erythrogaster-like traits I was able to capture. Collected from Epigaea repens.
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mmccarthy98Descripción
Including photos of females with two of their parasites here - Nomada illinoensis/sayi and Leucophora
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mmccarthy98Descripción
a parasite of Andrena, perhaps miserabilis here. They dig to find nests, and only miserabilis has regularly dirt-plugged nests here at this date.
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Andrena arabisObserv.
beesearcherDescripción
clypeus somewhat taller than miserabilis, and white not yellow; patrolling cardamine douglasii
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Andrena bradleyiObserv.
mpelikanDescripción
Female. Found under a pile of loose sand that was probably the start of a nest burrow. I poked at the sand, expecting to find a burrow that had been blocked, and found her instead. After taking photos, I returned her to where I found her.
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Andrena bradleyiObserv.
mpelikanDescripción
Collected from Epigaea repens. Female, 9.9 mm. Long malar, narrow vertex and gena, crossing mandibles, dark scopa, coarse punctures on clypeus with broad impunctate center line.
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Nomada gracilisObserv.
ddubois2Descripción
2 individuals, but from within a few feet of each other at a nesting aggregation of Andrena frigida(?). individual on ground was digging at a site that a female was actively provisioning.
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Andrena frigidaObserv.
ddubois2Descripción
Same location as a male from a few weeks ago. Many Nomada, and a few provisioning females.
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Osmia cornifronsObserv.
teamfortifierDescripción
Breeding pair found on the ground. After picking them up, the male refused to release the female, who wiggled around unsuccessfully. Animals were released after photography.
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katelyncorcoranDescripción
Ground-dwelling, observed digging in soft ground. At least 4 bees observed in area at the time. Pictured are two separate specimens. Exact species unknown by me, but believed to bee Andrena Clarkella?
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beesearcherDescripción
On Pityopsis falcata, could it be M. dentiventris? Had a color and general impression unlike any common orange melissodes that I've encountered.
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cgwilsonDescripción
Gynandromorph! Posted with permission from Barr Entomological Museum.
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beeboyDescripción
First state record. Collected with permission, several on Water Smartweed
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Abejorro del Noreste de Estados Unidos (Bombus impatiens)Observ.
hcosteDescripción
Bombus enjoying the flowers of Sporobolus alterniflorus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192932263
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Abejorro Americano (Bombus pensylvanicus)Observ.
rosreilDescripción
On Hibiscus moscheutos
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Melitoma taureaObserv.
meristemmingDescripción
On cultivated swamp mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)
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colleen99Descripción
on liatris, back garden - repeatedly sticking its "tongue" in and out as if tasting one of the not-yet-opened buds
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colleen99Descripción
After looking through Triepeolus species on BugGuide, I'm wondering if this might be Triepeolus eliseae. I have additional photos if they'd be helpful, but unfortunately only the one (included here in this entry) that shows the bee from the rear - and it's somewhat blurry as the bee was spinning on the flower when I snapped that picture, and it flew away a few seconds later. Bee found on rudbeckia, back yard.
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mpelikanFecha
Septiembre 22, 2023Descripción
Female, absolute beast of a bee, 15.9 mm long. Collected off of Rudbeckia hirta on a farm.
