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Wide-legged Sweat Bee (Agapostemon femoratus)Observer
sheep4me123Description
Found on Encelia californica
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
msatrisDescription
Tiny yellow caterpillar inside a buttercup
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shaunmichaelDescription
BBSL593263
ID by Terry Griswold
On Ferocactus cylindricans
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Triopasites pennigerObserver
david99Description
Small wasp, about 6 mm long, clinging to a blade of grass with its jaws on a cool, overcast misty morning, too cold to fly.
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Short-faced Bees (Genus Dufourea)Observer
naturephotosuzeDescription
Henderson Canyon
Anza Borrego
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Subgenus PerditaObserver
naturephotosuzeDescription
Big Rock Wash Wildlife Sanctuary
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Rhus Fairy Bee (Perdita rhois)Observer
naturephotosuzeDescription
Corbin Canyon
I think--there was lots of activity at this nest
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Perdita desdemonaObserver
naturephotosuzeDescription
Big Rock Wash Wildlife Sanctuary
Mating pair
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Fairy Bees (Genus Perdita)Observer
zazzaraceaeDescription
Hundreds of them were swarming around one of the Mentzelia longiloba flowers
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European Yellow Loosestrife-Cuckoo (Epeoloides coecutiens)Observer
mirandaengelshoven
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Chamise Evening Bee (Hesperapis ilicifoliae)Observer
patsimpson2000Description
Maybe mating attempt in last photo.
Andrena?
Possibly same sp. as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82073242 Male
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82073239 Female
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82073237 Mating
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82073236 Female
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82073235 Mating
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Sage Angled-Mason (Ashmeadiella salviae)Observer
naturephotosuzeDescription
Griffith Park
On white sage
These bees are so cool
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Pale-male Horse-fly Carpenter (Xylocopa tabaniformis ssp. androleuca)Observer
tiwane
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lroganentsocvicDescription
These bees came to my light sheet. They have the large eyes of drones and are about honey bee sized but have very hairy legs. This is the first ime I have had any sort of bees coming to the light sheet.
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Genus PalaeorhizaObserver
rewildingsuburbiaDescription
Female doesn’t have any markings, male markings don’t match those of P. turneriana
Multiple males waiting on leaves of hibiscus for females.
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Trachusa autumnalisObserver
naturephotosuzeDescription
Joshua Tree
On Acton brittlebush
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Yellow-collared Masked Bee (Hylaeus euxanthus)Observer
kerrystuartDescription
Nesting in a banksia nut cone that my son wood-turned into a candle stick.
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Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)Observer
rogstandenDescription
chasing off a Children's Python
(Antaresia childreni)
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Purple Ascidian (Sigillina cyanea)Observer
halesbDescription
Unsure about the Class…I don’t even know where to begin with iD
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Genus LasioglossumObserver
lazDescription
Halictidae Lasioglossum Chilalictus
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Subfamily ThynninaeObserver
gibbergavinDescription
body length 11 mm; on flowering Leptospermum
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lroganentsocvicDescription
Bee with red and white markings on its face, hiding in Eromophila then darting to the next.
Identified as Hylaeus Pseudhylaeus on Bowerbird by Michael Batley: "Notice the long palps on this Eremophila specialist"
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carrotpeopleDescription
This is the huge nesting aggregation found by @bonnienickel
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Genus TetragonulaObserver
anubhav-agarwalPlace
Rutland Gate 4th St, Srirampuram, Thousand Lights West, Thousand Lights, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (Google, OSM)
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Blue-spotted Mudskipper (Boleophthalmus caeruleomaculatus)Observer
wayneosbornDescription
Pam Osborn image
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Eucalyptus tectificaObserver
geoffbyrneDescription
WA Herbarium collection Barcode 7221533
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Black-and-red Miner (Andrena prima)Observer
naturephotosuzeDescription
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
I think this might be the same species that was seen in this park before. It was busy excavating a hole underneath this rock but never gave me great views
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Genus ParatiphiaObserver
bonnienickelDescription
I had no idea I had captured images of two individuals until I looked at my photos later. On Baccharis.
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Emerald Comb-Bearer (Ctenocolletes smaragdinus)Observer
kerrystuartDescription
Ctenocolletes smaragdinus , male.
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Short-faced Bees (Genus Dufourea)Observer
robirwinDescription
Foraging on Chaenactis glabriuscula var. heterocarpha
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Short-faced Bees (Genus Dufourea)Observer
robirwinDescription
A male foraging on Chaenactis glabriuscula var. heterocarpha
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Kelso Dunes Weevil (Trigonoscuta kelsoensis)Observer
alice_abelaDescription
Kelso Dunes, San Bernardino County, California
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Pebble Bees (Genus Dianthidium)Observer
jaykellerDescription
2016 National Parks BioBlitz - Death Valley: discovering life on the edge
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Mountain Lion (Puma concolor)Observer
colincroftDescription
Video: https://youtu.be/1QBbkYnDNvc
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Purple Mountain-Heath (Phyllodoce breweri)Observer
eric_huntPlace
Saddlebag Lake, California, United StatesInyo National Forest, Mono County, California (Google, OSM)Description
Species from California and Nevada
Common name: Mountain Heather
Photographed along Saddlebag Lake, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California
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California Resin-Leafcutter (Trachusa perdita)Observer
markkjamesDescription
Found several nest burrows with several bees in constant motion above them. Saw a few land and enter. Anthophora?
