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Quality of photos is borderline, but the AI's top pick was C. satur but it may well be C. marginatum.
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markkjamesתיאור
A tumble, a rumble, a party of three! I kept taking photos inside the Calystegia macrostegia flower until the commotion stopped. Perhaps two males and a female?
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herodotus0404תיאור
Eggs in mail basket! Mama bird is small black and white bird (?) ... have not been able to get a good look at her.
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markkjamesתיאור
Stopped by a known Calliopsis nesting area. Found mating bees on Bahiopsis laciniata. Happy Mother's to Bee Day!
@beeslip @bonnienickel
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carrotpeopleתיאור
I made multiple observations at same location for aggregation of nesting Anthophora bees. Some bees can be differentiated by pollen on legs (or not).
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tchesterתיאור
Kate Harper and I found two plants of this species, which are both shown in the first pix. But we couldn't determine it since there wasn't much to go on. Flora ID NW only was able to narrow it down to 29 Apiaceae species that could fit these finished plants, so we never knew what it was. We thought they might be Taschia arguta, from nearby vouchers at high elevation.
We never returned to these plants, but fortunately Fred Melgert and Carla Hoegen independently found a similar plant in this canyon on 16 February 2024, and it had fresh leaves which gave the determination! See their post from a different part of Palo Verde Canyon:
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brian_wrightתיאור
Female. On Creosote in Vallecito County Park. Photo #4 (male) was taken a week earlier on the same plant.
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patsimpson2000תיאור
Big nest aggregation for this species in a 10ft sq. area. Nests hidden at the base of Euphorbia misera shrubs. This individual entered nest at 1:13pm with pollen load and came out at 1:42. Last 3 photos were first in the sequence. There were at least 4 other nests within 5 inches of this one as I saw 4 other females come in through Euphorbia branches and landing very close, but the next entries where not visible from the trail.
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nature4lzwתיאור
Besides this individual bee, I saw more on other flowering California Barrel Cactus.
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carrotpeopleתיאור
same location as this other observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203197624
Could be the same individual.
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bonnienickelתיאור
Found this entrance to a ground-dwelling bee species in my native garden today. Sorry for the crummy photos. I’ll try again when the sun isn’t so high in the sky.
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bonnienickelתיאור
Smaller bee on the left. On nonnative Glebionis coronaria, foraging side by side with Halictus ligatus.
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bonnienickelתיאור
This is the first time I’ve seen a bee visit Cneoridium dumosum, or any pollinator for that matter.
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markkjamesתיאור
Observed on decayed branch. Not sure if the salmon-colored clumps in rows on upper half are a different fungal species? ( Myxarium?)
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markkjamesתיאור
Discovered about a dozen wasps or so lingering outside an opening beneath a small boulder. Perhaps nest building? A few came and went. Difficulty getting close enough for decent shots and also due to dead overgrown grasses. Maybe P. aurifer?
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carrotpeopleתיאור
Start - 12:17p 65F clear/hazy, wind 2 mph
End - 1:18p 66F clear/hazy, wind gusts up to 5 mph
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bugornotתיאור
Observed many of these Digger Bees feeding on the numerous Crystalline Ice Plants growing along the trail, as shown in the second photo.
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patsimpson2000תיאור
A few individuals flying frantically around a lemonade berry, seemingly never landing except for 1 individual seen landing on a leaf after quite a while.
