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Subgenus PyrobombusObserver
lynskiDescription
A cold morning slowed the bees. They let me play with them AND there were no mosquitoes.
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Bees (Epifamily Anthophila)Observer
lynskiDescription
nesting block for mason and leafcutter bees (two separate sized block holes)
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
lynskiDescription
I raise native bees and have a pollinator garden. Butterflies also visit the plants. I don't know anything about them except that they are beautiful. So are their caterpillars!
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Metallic Sweat Bees (Subgenus Dialictus)Observer
lynskiDescription
same bee, different views for better id
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Metallic Sweat Bees (Subgenus Dialictus)Observer
lynskiDescription
unknown bee - sorry, I'm still working on distinguishing bees, flies, and wasps.
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Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees (Suborder Apocrita)Observer
lynskiDescription
close up of probable miner beee nest
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Mason Bees (Genus Osmia)Observer
lynskiDescription
Mason bees living in my house insulation (pink foam).