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Guinea Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)Observer
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Wasps built this nest on the frame of our garage door. Fortunately the door can be opened without damaging the nest. There is a satellite nest about .6 meters to the left and slightly above the main nest.
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Red-headed Ash Borer (Neoclytus acuminatus)Observer
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This wasp landed on my windshield as I was at the gas station refueling in Sinton Texas.
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Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron caementarium)Observer
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Wasp found on a Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculate)
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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Honey Bee on Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella)
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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Honey bee on Lemon Mint (Monarda citriodora). I saw about 20-30 honey bees all working the lemon mint plants in our yard today
Photos / Sounds
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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On a grapefruit tree blossom.
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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There were approximately 30 or 40 honeybees at our two citrus trees this morning, far outnumbering other pollinators. This one was on a Meyer Lemon blossom.
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Guinea Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)Observer
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On Tropical milkweed
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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Honey bee on an Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella).
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American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus)Observer
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I suspect that this is some sort of bumblebee, but I am not at all sure. Please help with ID!!
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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Honey bee on a cenizo (Leucophyllum frutescens) blossom.
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I am not totally sure of the ID, my guess is Nomada imbricada. I photographed the bee on a wooly globe mallow flower (Sphaeralcea lindheimeri).
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Ligated Furrow Bee (Halictus ligatus)Observer
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Observed deep in a huge thistle flower
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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One of several bees on our rosemary bush