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John Reed Pavan · @johnpavan
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This is a member of the genus Lasioglossum (family Halictidae), a type of sweat bees, and are effective pollinators.

#lasioglossum #Halictidae #bees #SweatBees #insects #pollinators #nature #wildlife #randallsisland #LuminarNeo #canonphotography #nycparks

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Magpieblog · @sarahc
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Native metallic sweat bee (Agapostemon sp.) pollening on native blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata) in my front garden in Portland, Oregon.

#pollinators #botany #nativeplants #blanketflowers #entomology #oregon #SweatBees #bees

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John Reed Pavan · @johnpavan
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An orange-legged furrow bee (Halictus rubicundus) wiping some pollen off its face in Carl Schurz Park. These are a type of sweat bee, and the same species can be either solitary or eusocial. Not sure which this one is, but it was covered in pollen and having a blast in some sunflowers.

#orangeleggedfurrowbee #furrowbee #HalictusRubicundus #pollen #pollinators #bees #insects #bugs #entomology #SweatBees #nature #wildlife #carlschurzpark #nycparks #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics

Last updated 3 years ago
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Soh Kam Yung · @sohkamyung
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A rare and cool find.

"This mysterious insect, described recently in the Journal of Hymenoptera Research, was an exceedingly rare gynandromorph—an animal that is anatomically half male, half female—the first one ever identified in the species Megalopta amoena, a type of sweat bee found in Central and South America."

smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian

#biology #insects #SweatBees #Gynandromorph #bees

Last updated 6 years ago
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