Why do these male leaf-cutter bees tuck their forelimbs under the thorax when resting? There were several other males, all kicking each other out of the flower patch.
Megachile sp. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/170168032
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Parasitoid wasp, Ichneumon sp. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169795961
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‘Tis the season!
Mating pair of hairy masked bees, Hylaeus hyalinatus http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169004149 … the day after #Pembroke1347 ’s May Ball.
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Sapeater, Brachyopa sp. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/158249717
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