#blackbackgrou

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Nomada vegana.  

A rare nest parasite.  Comes out in mid-summer, its not clear to me which bees it targets.  Most Andrena are done by then, Agapostemon are possibilities.  Occurs in the East and out to Utah in the West, but not all the way to the West Coast.  Caught by Miriam Jenkins during her studies of Watermelons on the outer Coastal Plain of South Carolina.  Photo by Greta Forbes.    

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A NEW ROSE IN MY GARDEN... by magda indigo https://flic.kr/p/2k8VSdj

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JUST PEACHY... ROSE by magda indigo https://flic.kr/p/2jdGDLn

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INTOXICATING GARDENIA... by magda indigo https://flic.kr/p/2ed4wVd