#hymnoptera

[usgsbiml]

Eucera aragalli. Very Rare and very beautiful.  Oddly almost all of the specimens listed in public databases come from our study of the bees of Badlands National Park. There must be something about the plants of the Badlands...collected almost entirely with pan traps

[dizziesol]

LOOK AT THESE GOOD LADS I FOUND

[botaniqueer]

Apparently a yellowjacket decided to land on my Euphorbia (submammilaris hybrid maybe? The hybrid name had a slur in it so I don’t like to use it and idk what it’s a cross of) and just... died? The plant seems okay so I don’t think it ingested any sap unless it dried up really neatly to where I couldn’t see it.

I should also mention that the Euphorbia’s name is Gender Euphorbia.

[underthehedge]

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on some oregano flowers (Origanum vulgare)..