Lasioglossum pectorale, f, back, Centre Co., PA

Ah, a dark Lasioglossum, small, all black, a bit of gloss on the thorax, sides rough, angulate, like crumpled tinfoil, except black. Small, common, and expected thoughout the East. This one was likely collected on a pumpkin plant as I think that that is pumpkin pollen (pumpkin has fabulously large pollen) and that collection was done by Laura Russo up in State College. L. pectorale if you missed it in the header. 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.