Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Images

Explore our planet through photography and imagery, including climate change and water all the way back to the 1800s when the USGS was surveying the country by horse and buggy.

Filter Total Items: 21345
close up of image
Megachile-apicalis,-female,-back
Megachile-apicalis,-female,-back
Megachile-apicalis,-female,-back

Megachile apicalis, female, Maryland, Cumberland, July 2012, Railroad Tracks, on Knapweed

close up of image
Megachile-armaticeps,-female,-face
Megachile-armaticeps,-female,-face
Megachile-armaticeps,-female,-face

Megachile armaticeps. Cuba, GTMO, Female, note the structures on the clypeus! June 2011

close up of image
Megachile-gemula,-side
Megachile-gemula,-side
Megachile-gemula,-side

Megachile gemula, male. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan

close up of image
Megachile-lanata,-male,-side
Megachile-lanata,-male,-side
Megachile-lanata,-male,-side

Megachile lanata, male, Hawaii, Oahu, represents a new species for the islands in the Pacific, originally from Africa, now widespread in the Caribbean, March 2012

Megachile lanata, male, Hawaii, Oahu, represents a new species for the islands in the Pacific, originally from Africa, now widespread in the Caribbean, March 2012

close up of image
Megachile-lanata,-male-unknown,-back
Megachile-lanata,-male-unknown,-back
Megachile-lanata,-male-unknown,-back

Megachile lanata, male, Hawaii, Oahu, represents a new species for the islands in the Pacific, originally from Africa, now widespread in the Caribbean, March 2012

Megachile lanata, male, Hawaii, Oahu, represents a new species for the islands in the Pacific, originally from Africa, now widespread in the Caribbean, March 2012

close up of image
Megachile-lanata,-male-unknown,-face
Megachile-lanata,-male-unknown,-face
Megachile-lanata,-male-unknown,-face

Megachile lanata, male, Hawaii, Oahu, represents a new species for the islands in the Pacific, originally from Africa, now widespread in the Caribbean, March 2012

Megachile lanata, male, Hawaii, Oahu, represents a new species for the islands in the Pacific, originally from Africa, now widespread in the Caribbean, March 2012

close up of image
Megalopta genalis, M, back, panama, barocolorado
Megalopta genalis, M, back, panama, barocolorado
Megalopta genalis, M, back, panama, barocolorado

What an interesting species. Instead of flying during the day, this species flies just before dawn and just after dusk, times where we have difficulty seeing. This species, however, forages on crepuscular and night fowering flowers, more often associated with bats and moths. Note the large eyes and ocelli.

What an interesting species. Instead of flying during the day, this species flies just before dawn and just after dusk, times where we have difficulty seeing. This species, however, forages on crepuscular and night fowering flowers, more often associated with bats and moths. Note the large eyes and ocelli.

close up of image
Megalopta genalis, M, face, panama, barocolorado
Megalopta genalis, M, face, panama, barocolorado
Megalopta genalis, M, face, panama, barocolorado

What an interesting species. Instead of flying during the day, this species flies just before dawn and just after dusk, times where we have difficulty seeing. This species, however, forages on crepuscular and night fowering flowers, more often associated with bats and moths. Note the large eyes and ocelli.

What an interesting species. Instead of flying during the day, this species flies just before dawn and just after dusk, times where we have difficulty seeing. This species, however, forages on crepuscular and night fowering flowers, more often associated with bats and moths. Note the large eyes and ocelli.

close up of image
Megalopta genalis, M, side, panama, barocolorado
Megalopta genalis, M, side, panama, barocolorado
Megalopta genalis, M, side, panama, barocolorado

What an interesting species. Instead of flying during the day, this species flies just before dawn and just after dusk, times where we have difficulty seeing. This species, however, forages on crepuscular and night fowering flowers, more often associated with bats and moths. Note the large eyes and ocelli.

What an interesting species. Instead of flying during the day, this species flies just before dawn and just after dusk, times where we have difficulty seeing. This species, however, forages on crepuscular and night fowering flowers, more often associated with bats and moths. Note the large eyes and ocelli.

close up of image
Meganomia sp, m, south africa, face
Meganomia sp, m, south africa, face
Meganomia sp, m, south africa, face

Meganomia binghami, Bingham 's Giant, collected in South Africa by Bryan DanforthMales of many species of bee have various modifications that are not found in the females and are presumably sexually selected "“ they arose because the females preferred males with, rather than those without, these strange features.

Meganomia binghami, Bingham 's Giant, collected in South Africa by Bryan DanforthMales of many species of bee have various modifications that are not found in the females and are presumably sexually selected "“ they arose because the females preferred males with, rather than those without, these strange features.

Was this page helpful?