Lasioglossum sopinci, the undescribed male of this sand specialist, found along some lovely powerline...
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Lasioglossum sopinci, the undescribed male of this sand specialist, found along some lovely powerline...
Lasioglossum sopinci, male
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Lasioglossum surianae, Male, Florida, Miami-Dade County
Lasioglossum surianae, Male, Florida, Miami-Dade County
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Lasioglossum surianae, Male, Florida, Miami-Dade County
Lasioglossum surianae, Male, Florida, Miami-Dade County
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Lasioglossum surianae, Male, Florida, Miami-Dade County
Lasioglossum surianae, Male, Florida, Miami-Dade County
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From Bryce Canyon National Park comes a small Lasioglossum, similar to many other species of this specious genus. Western in distribution I know actually nothing about its life. Picture by Brooke Alexander.
From Bryce Canyon National Park comes a small Lasioglossum, similar to many other species of this specious genus. Western in distribution I know actually nothing about its life. Picture by Brooke Alexander.
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From Bryce Canyon National Park comes a small Lasioglossum, similar to many other species of this specious genus. Western in distribution I know actually nothing about its life. Picture by Brooke Alexander.
From Bryce Canyon National Park comes a small Lasioglossum, similar to many other species of this specious genus. Western in distribution I know actually nothing about its life. Picture by Brooke Alexander.
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more catching up...Lasioglossum synthridis from Utah. Brooke Alexander took this shot.
more catching up...Lasioglossum synthridis from Utah. Brooke Alexander took this shot.
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A very southern Lasioglossum, this one sneaking up the coast only about as far as this site on Cumberland Island National Seashore.
A very southern Lasioglossum, this one sneaking up the coast only about as far as this site on Cumberland Island National Seashore.
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Another one of those metallic Lasioglossums in the Dialictus group....so similar until you look at them under the microscope ...where they continue to look so similar. It is a world of nuance to us, but somehow many Lasioglossum species evolve, do different things, partition the sexual universe and become species.
Another one of those metallic Lasioglossums in the Dialictus group....so similar until you look at them under the microscope ...where they continue to look so similar. It is a world of nuance to us, but somehow many Lasioglossum species evolve, do different things, partition the sexual universe and become species.
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Another one of those metallic Lasioglossums in the Dialictus group....so similar until you look at them under the microscope ...where they continue to look so similar. It is a world of nuance to us, but somehow many Lasioglossum species evolve, do different things, partition the sexual universe and become species.
Another one of those metallic Lasioglossums in the Dialictus group....so similar until you look at them under the microscope ...where they continue to look so similar. It is a world of nuance to us, but somehow many Lasioglossum species evolve, do different things, partition the sexual universe and become species.
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Another one of those metallic Lasioglossums in the Dialictus group....so similar until you look at them under the microscope ...where they continue to look so similar. It is a world of nuance to us, but somehow many Lasioglossum species evolve, do different things, partition the sexual universe and become species.
Another one of those metallic Lasioglossums in the Dialictus group....so similar until you look at them under the microscope ...where they continue to look so similar. It is a world of nuance to us, but somehow many Lasioglossum species evolve, do different things, partition the sexual universe and become species.
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A very southern Lasioglossum, this one sneaking up the coast only about as far as this site on Cumberland Island National Seashore.
A very southern Lasioglossum, this one sneaking up the coast only about as far as this site on Cumberland Island National Seashore.
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Lasioglossum tamiamense is a small, very southern, bee of the sweat bee the variety. It's one of those subtleties of identification that taxonomists spend a lot of time on, but doesn't involve a whole lot of other people.
Lasioglossum tamiamense is a small, very southern, bee of the sweat bee the variety. It's one of those subtleties of identification that taxonomists spend a lot of time on, but doesn't involve a whole lot of other people.
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From one of the coastal National Parks in St. John's County in Florida comes a lovely red-legged Lasioglossum tarponense. I think of this species as a sand specialist...living in the Florida scrubby sand coastal pine matrix that forms an important part of the natural matrix of the region behind the sand dunes.
From one of the coastal National Parks in St. John's County in Florida comes a lovely red-legged Lasioglossum tarponense. I think of this species as a sand specialist...living in the Florida scrubby sand coastal pine matrix that forms an important part of the natural matrix of the region behind the sand dunes.
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Nacogodoches County, texas, Big Thicket National Preserve
Nacogodoches County, texas, Big Thicket National Preserve
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Nacogodoches County, texas, Big Thicket National Preserve
Nacogodoches County, texas, Big Thicket National Preserve
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From one of the coastal National Parks in St. John's County in Florida comes a lovely red-legged Lasioglossum tarponense. I think of this species as a sand specialist...living in the Florida scrubby sand coastal pine matrix that forms an important part of the natural matrix of the region behind the sand dunes.
From one of the coastal National Parks in St. John's County in Florida comes a lovely red-legged Lasioglossum tarponense. I think of this species as a sand specialist...living in the Florida scrubby sand coastal pine matrix that forms an important part of the natural matrix of the region behind the sand dunes.
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Nacogodoches County, texas, Big Thicket National Preserve
Nacogodoches County, texas, Big Thicket National Preserve
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Nacogodoches County, texas, Big Thicket National Preserve
Nacogodoches County, texas, Big Thicket National Preserve
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From one of the coastal National Parks in St. John's County in Florida comes a lovely red-legged Lasioglossum tarponense. I think of this species as a sand specialist...living in the Florida scrubby sand coastal pine matrix that forms an important part of the natural matrix of the region behind the sand dunes.
From one of the coastal National Parks in St. John's County in Florida comes a lovely red-legged Lasioglossum tarponense. I think of this species as a sand specialist...living in the Florida scrubby sand coastal pine matrix that forms an important part of the natural matrix of the region behind the sand dunes.