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pretty loud buzzing when flying, medium-sized bee, putting Palafoxia feayi pollen under its abdomen. Fast, not staying long on each flower
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This is typical of the very common ground-nesting small bees that are occupying south-facing dry slopes within my un-irrigated lawn. They tend to be quite active on warm late afternoons, They are very skittish in comparison to most bees, and will stay still and "play dead" if they see me when on the ground. They often hover around at about 10 cm above the surface, but when many are out they form very active patterns up to 1 meter above the ground
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in taller vegetation, probably slightly moister than the shrub-steppe in most of the open habitat, near a grove of Pinus ponderosa
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on lower branches of Pinus ponderosa at the ecotone of Pinus ponderosa savanna and shrub-steppe vegetation
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on lower trunk of Aesculus flava, thallus very large, over 20 cm in diameter
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very narrow strongly spiraled leaves, smooth, mostly withered at this late date
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We found this on our field equipment after an ORV drive to a site. Although it could have been on a Liatris on the way, I don't recall seeing many Liatris in flower on this route.
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Not sure of identity - I have seen this quite large wasp several places this week - often on Liatris spicata var. resinosa, this one on Platanthera conspicua
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nearly fully aquatic, either on a submerged log or floating vegetation mat, with Typha latifolia, Comarum palustre, Nuphar polysepala, and Brasenia schreberi. Identification tentative.
