Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Close-up of a mason bee, Osmia sandersoneae, from Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This image is from the USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program, which designs surveys of native bee species and develops identification tools, including creating accurate and detailed pictures of native bees and the plants and insects they interact with. For more  up-close images of insects, visit the Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab page.