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March 29, 2024
06:32 AM UTC
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March 4, 2023
08:55 PM UTC
Description
From my brown-headed nuthatch nesting box.
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November 26, 2023
10:09 AM CST
Description
In new prairie restoration. Licking salt/urea from bird poop during drought.
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August 27, 2023
10:53 PM UTC
Description
I see at least 5 bumble bees crawling in and out of abandoned mole burrows.
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October 22, 2023
07:40 PM CDT
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September 17, 2023
07:59 AM CDT
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September 24, 2023
11:41 PM CDT
Description
This queen was slowly rambling through a woodland edge. She seemed to be in somewhat rough shape, perhaps because it rained heavily last night (?) If anyone can explain why her wings look so small, I am interested to know.
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August 20, 2020
10:04 PM PDT
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September 23, 2023
11:14 PM UTC
Description
it was much larger than other nearby bumble bees
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September 22, 2023
03:21 PM CDT
Description
Morph with rusty patch on t1 as well
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September 1, 2023
06:35 PM CDT
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August 12, 2023
01:30 PM CDT
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July 17, 2023
06:30 PM UTC
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August 2, 2023
05:24 PM UTC
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July 30, 2023
10:45 AM MDT
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August 12, 2023
02:01 AM UTC
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July 23, 2023
08:30 PM CDT
Description
Visiting purple prairie clover
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July 19, 2023
04:55 PM CDT
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July 17, 2023
05:28 PM UTC
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June 25, 2023
09:50 PM EDT
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May 11, 2023
07:13 PM CDT
Description
Queen bee who seems to be maintaining access to a couple abandoned chipmunk holes on the north side of the house, just outside of the roof dripline. Large diversity of nearby spring-flowering plants.
Behavior has been happening for about 5 days. I imagine a nest is in the works.
Video available (not uploaded anywhere yet).
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April 19, 2023
07:20 AM CDT
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September 15, 2020
01:00 PM CST
Description
This Bumble Bee was feeding on a Gaillardia flower (Gaillardia aristata) in my front yard. The Gaillardia is one of many native plants I have growing on my property. It was sunny but cool that morning.
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February 5, 2023
02:05 AM UTC
Description
In an old black-capped chickadee nest.
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July 26, 2022
03:36 PM CST
Description
This bee was reared up on its hind legs and appeared to be in distress. In the images there is a tiny brown beetle biting the bee's proboscis. They stayed this way for 5 or more minutes before I walked away. Edit: Looking into it, I think the beetle is Antherophagus ochraceus, the silken fungus beetle, which clamps onto bumblebees and hitches a ride back to the nest. The beetle lays eggs in the nest and the resulting larvae eat organic debris.
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August 13, 2022
10:54 PM CDT
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September 1, 2021
11:50 AM CDT
Description
Eating a large Bombus species
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September 2, 2021
03:12 AM CDT
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October 31, 2022
10:19 AM CDT
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October 28, 2022
01:11 PM UTC
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October 28, 2022
11:44 AM CDT
Description
Nest in disused rodent nest above ground in dense thatch of shrubby hedgerow between weedy hayfields.
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October 28, 2022
12:07 PM CDT
Description
Queen investigating remains of depredated nest, in disused rodent nest above ground in dense thatch of shrubby grassland mostly dominated by cool-season exotics.
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October 25, 2022
07:52 PM MST
Description
Specimen collected under permit and keyed out. My first time encountering this species! Excellent camouflage.
Images taken as part of an insect biodiversity survey of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in cooperation with NPS. Any insect handling, collection, or off-trail activity was under permit.
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September 24, 2022
11:02 AM CDT
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October 8, 2022
11:04 AM CDT
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October 7, 2022
09:58 AM CDT
Description
Collecting pollen from Sedum.
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October 2, 2022
10:52 AM EDT
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August 19, 2020
06:13 PM CDT
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September 15, 2022
01:28 AM CST
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August 7, 2019
06:37 PM UTC
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June 22, 2020
09:47 PM EDT
Description
Bombus perplexus ... at nest in Crack Willow branch (Salix × fragilis).
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August 16, 2022
10:41 PM EDT
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September 5, 2022
10:38 AM PDT
Description
hunting near catclaw acacia
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September 13, 2022
08:15 PM CDT
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July 15, 2022
09:56 PM UTC
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August 14, 2022
01:22 PM UTC
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August 20, 2022
11:18 PM CDT
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August 18, 2022
09:44 PM UTC
Date Added
August 15, 2022
04:54 PM CDT
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July 31, 2020
09:26 AM CDT
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July 30, 2022
12:59 PM EDT
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June 28, 2022
07:34 PM CDT
Description
estimated 6 seen on property
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June 8, 2022
12:48 AM UTC
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July 3, 2022
04:02 PM UTC
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June 26, 2022
09:41 AM CDT
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June 26, 2022
08:48 PM CDT
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April 2, 2021
02:11 PM PDT
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September 9, 2021
10:15 PM CDT
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February 22, 2022
12:15 AM UTC
Description
Large dead all black bee (queen). Found in bottom of dead honeybee hive. Probably from an attack September 2021. Bombus are attracted to honey as they also store it honey pots in their ground nests. It is possible that the hairs were either removed by the honeybees or decay. What is a Corbicula?
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November 10, 2021
12:42 PM UTC
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September 10, 2021
03:07 AM UTC
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September 14, 2021
11:55 PM UTC
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January 27, 2022
06:05 PM UTC
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July 22, 2019
12:12 AM UTC
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December 30, 2021
07:54 AM -03
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January 11, 2022
12:01 PM SAST
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March 23, 2013
12:09 PM SAST
Description
The Gate to Hell
Monstrous 50mm bee dismembering a paper wasp of some kind. Perhaps caught nest robbing? Parasitic egg laying?
Date Added
January 9, 2022
01:10 PM CET
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January 11, 2022
12:30 PM -03
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January 12, 2022
07:15 PM IST
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January 15, 2022
10:50 AM MSK
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January 14, 2022
02:22 PM UTC
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April 16, 2017
07:12 PM CDT
Description
Found this bee climbing on a lichen covered twig within the boulders at Garden of the Gods Recreational Area
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November 8, 2021
10:47 AM HST
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August 2, 2021
07:26 PM EDT
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January 12, 2022
04:18 PM UTC
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April 26, 2020
08:12 PM CDT
Description
Sorry, it wouldn't stop flying. But you can see yellow on T1 and T2 is fully yellow in pictures 1 and 3.
Date Added
January 11, 2022
05:21 PM UTC
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July 24, 2021
06:38 PM MDT
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September 25, 2021
06:12 PM CDT
Description
S. nobilitata was able to escape from Apiomerus spissipes.
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October 22, 2021
06:49 PM CDT
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December 1, 2021
09:00 PM UTC
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July 6, 2021
09:32 AM EDT
Description
The assassin bug predator
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July 28, 2021
11:52 AM EDT
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December 29, 2021
05:32 AM UTC
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October 24, 2021
09:36 PM CDT
Date Added
December 10, 2021
12:51 PM HST
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April 25, 2019
10:40 PM CDT
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November 18, 2020
11:54 PM JST
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December 2, 2021
08:02 AM AEST
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December 2, 2021
06:38 PM EST
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October 7, 2021
04:05 PM UTC
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December 2, 2021
02:30 PM EST
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November 21, 2021
06:53 PM EST
Description
Observation is for bumble bee slightly right of center
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November 18, 2021
01:05 PM HST
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November 22, 2021
06:08 PM EST
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June 26, 2021
08:42 AM MDT
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November 3, 2021
04:48 AM UTC
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November 12, 2021
09:33 PM UTC
Description
Assassin bug with part of honey bee (Apis)
Date Added
August 10, 2021
05:34 PM CDT