Lasioglossum coriaceum, f, side, Upper marlboro, leadplant

Lake Michigan has dunes and in those dunes are all sorts of rare and uncommon things including bees. This picture come from Indiana Dune National Lakeshore. It is not of a rare bee, but a very common one Lasioglossum coriaceum. You can search up some of the rare ones. This is one of the Lasioglossum sensu strictu groups...large, dark and with unusually prominent white bands of hair on their abdomens. Not to mention they only have one weakened cross vein in their outer wing...but you knew that. Pictures by Joyce Amihere. Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.