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Andrena wilkella, female, Washington County, Maryland

Andrena wilkella, male, Washington County, Maryland, MD

Of the woodland oriented bees this is regionally the most common one, Andrena carlni, this male is relatively easy to tell because of the black hairs that line the edges of the eyes and the ocelli that are set back from the back of the head. Photography by Amanda Robinson.

Of the woodland oriented bees this is regionally the most common one, Andrena carlni, this male is relatively easy to tell because of the black hairs that line the edges of the eyes and the ocelli that are set back from the back of the head. Photography by Amanda Robinson.

Various Andrena, adding to the catalog....most with bad hair. Sigh.

Andrena aliciae, male

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Andrena fragilis, Cecil County, Maryland

Andrena gardineri, Maryland, May 2012

Andrena nigrihirta, female, National Park Service

Andrena nigrihirta, female, Isle Royale National Park, Michigan

Andrena nuda, Somerset County, Maryland, April 2012, female

Andrena rudbeckiae, male, Kent County, Maryland, June 2012

Andrena virginiana, male, Maryland, Garrett County, July 2012

Anemone americana - Round-lobed Hepatica. At times white like this flower, but can grade all the way up to a lovely purpley blue color in other individuals. Photo and individual from Helen Lowe Metzman.

Ah, if angels were bees this would be one. However, if you were a Colletes bee you would not think so since the Angel Bee would invade your home, lay an egg, leave and later the Angel Bee baby would kill your baby and eat all your food. So life goes.

Unknown species of ant, Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming, Determination needed please.

A common spring western Andrena. More colorful than the average dark chocolate Andrena (fuscous is what the old timers would call it). Quite reddish in its integument in spots and a nice yellow clypeus as in this male. Collected in the fabulous Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Photo by Kelly Graninger.

From George Washington's Birthplace comes a fall Frost Aster specialist. One of about 6 or so species that specialize on the pollen of Asters and sometimes Goldenrods, these species are uncommonly collected but likely more because people are not looking that true uncommoness. Picture by Brooke Alexander.

Another uncommon woodland Andrena. Andrena thaspii also is largely unstudied. Kelly Graninger took the picture and Ellison Orcutt caught the bee in Virginia.