morcutt's Favorites
Photos / Sounds
What
Red-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus rufocinctus)Observer
emilitaDescription
In an old black-capped chickadee nest.
Photos / Sounds
What
Wide-striped Sweat Bee (Halictus farinosus)Observer
naturephotosuzeDescription
Tujunga Wash North
Photos / Sounds
What
Dark-veined Longhorn Bee (Melissodes trinodis)Observer
dmantackDescription
NY Ironweed. This one is for the female.
Photos / Sounds
What
Giant Sweat Bee (Dieunomia heteropoda)Observer
brirosaDescription
Awwwww, look at these zzzleeping bee-auties, cuddled into this sunflower for the night! 😍🥰
Photos / Sounds
What
Bolton's Fairy Bee (Perdita boltoniae)Observer
mmccarthy98Description
hard to see markings on face here, but I think they’re fairly limited. will check specimen & post photos - boltoniae/bishoppi
Photos / Sounds
What
Exoprosopa fasciataObserver
blue90Description
On hoary vervain, Verbena stricta.
Photos / Sounds
What
Genus BrachymeriaObserver
jtkindtDescription
At least two individuals, on Vaccinia and Callicarpa
Photos / Sounds
What
Little Nest Polypore (Trametes conchifer)Observer
kimcwrenDescription
Elm, I think; fallen deadwood.
Photos / Sounds
What
Banks' Nomad Bee (Nomada banksi)Observer
heatherholmDescription
Investigating Andrena asteris nests
Photos / Sounds
What
Hunt's Bumble Bee (Bombus huntii)Observer
kimcwrenDescription
Extremely fast-moving
Photos / Sounds
What
Prairie Crayfish (Procambarus gracilis)Observer
judekeslDescription
With babies. Temp outside is 44. She was moving pretty well!
Photos / Sounds
What
Nevada Bumble Bee (Bombus nevadensis)Observer
kyleprice1Description
!!!!!!!!!!!! 1st record in Illinois
Photos / Sounds
What
Two-spotted Bumble Bee (Bombus bimaculatus)Observer
zportmanDescription
pretty certain this is an aberrant bimac quen
Photos / Sounds
What
Susanna's Cellophane Bee (Colletes susannae)Observer
thilinahettiarachchiDescription
on Dalea purpurea
Photos / Sounds
What
Bristle Sweat Bee (Lasioglossum imitatum)Observer
willkuhnDescription
Teeny bee on American pokeberry flower
Photos / Sounds
What
Subgenus OsmiaObserver
willkuhnDescription
Collected from ornamental pear tree
Photos / Sounds
What
Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees (Genus Megachile)Observer
willkuhnDescription
Bee snoozing on Solidago
Photos / Sounds
What
Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees (Genus Megachile)Observer
willkuhnDescription
I made a new friend! She kept landing on me, allowing me to photograph her from hopefully all the angles needed to key her out!
Photos / Sounds
What
Yellow Soot Lichen (Calicium lucidum)Observer
goatprairieDescription
On a shoreline white pine
CJOHANSON62 BAYFIELD, WI
Photos / Sounds
What
Fringed Loosestrife Oil Bee (Macropis ciliata)Observer
mollymjacobsonDescription
Collected in a sweep of spreading dogbane.
Anything that looks like shagreening /tessellation on the cuticle is just residue from the washing process.
Photos / Sounds
What
Common Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila procera)Observer
rongoetzDescription
Female visiting Solidago gigantea in a suburban native plant garden.
Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself on the identification again, but this time the ridges on both the pronotum and scutum are clearly evident (see especially the last image). There are a lot of other features visible in the images (head shape, pubescence, e.g.), but I haven't investigated sufficiently to know which ones are relevant to an identification within Ammophila; I did notice a seemingly unusual furrow bounded by two strong ridges running the length of the fore femur (see second to last image). I have a lot of additional shots -- or I could crop these more tightly --if additional characters would be helpful.
Photos / Sounds
What
Leconte's Tiger Beetle (Cicindela scutellaris ssp. lecontei)Observer
thilinahettiarachchi
