Nomada near pygmaea, gynandromorph, A.A Co., MD

Intersex. Gynandromorph. Part Male: Park Female. Here is a lovely example. In this case the intersex section is restricted to the head. This is a Nomada of the pygmaea group. pygmaea group indicates that this is probably a group of species, but....I can't tell them apart. Long story. In any case, this cool specimen was found by Don Harvey in the sand area of Jug Bay Wetlands Reserve on the sand side of the Patuxent River in Maryland. It was flying with a big group of its normal compatriots who almost certainly were checking out the Andrena miserabilis nesting there and all were out for an early spring warm spell. Look at the picture...red side of the head is female, yellow/black is male. Female has 12 antennal segments, male - 13. Photos by Anders Croft. 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.