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Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge, SC

Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge, SC

Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina

If you find a Trachusa in the East, and probably if you find it anywhere, you are a good keeper of the land. These species and T. ridingsii in particular have just disappeared from much of our landscape. Unlike many other bees they don't integrate well with urban, suburban, agricultural interfaces as currently wrought.

If you find a Trachusa in the East, and probably if you find it anywhere, you are a good keeper of the land. These species and T. ridingsii in particular have just disappeared from much of our landscape. Unlike many other bees they don't integrate well with urban, suburban, agricultural interfaces as currently wrought.

If you find a Trachusa in the East, and probably if you find it anywhere, you are a good keeper of the land. These species and T. ridingsii in particular have just disappeared from much of our landscape. Unlike many other bees they don't integrate well with urban, suburban, agricultural interfaces as currently wrought.

Sexy Cerambycid beetles from Kruger National Park Genus: Tragocephala. Check how the eye wraps around the antennae and peeks out atop the head. Makes those plain old round vertebrate eyes seem limiting. Photograph by Anders Croft.

Sexy Cerambycid beetles from Kruger National Park Genus: Tragocephala. Check how the eye wraps around the antennae and peeks out atop the head. Makes those plain old round vertebrate eyes seem limiting. Photograph by Anders Croft.

Cast skin, Maryland, collected by Richard Orr

Maryland, Harford County, Lake levi, shed skin of dragonfly, collected by Richard Orr

Maryland, Harford County, Lake levi, shed skin of dragonfly, collected by Richard Orr

Unknown species of Treehopper collected in the Dominican Republic and suspended in Hand Sanitizer for this shot. The HS allows us to float the specimen how we like, but the high refraction index of HS means we loose a lot of surface detail due to loss of reflectivity. On the other hand it often adds a smoothing and saturation effect to the photo.

One of the very common Flower Chafers....They often fake me out when collecting bees on flowers as they fly amazingly well.

One of the very common Flower Chafers....They often fake me out when collecting bees on flowers as they fly amazingly well.

Ah, look, another bee from another continent with long thin antennal segments that broaden in to form small lollipops at the ends, also note the fine hairs coming off of the thin segments. Unlike the Nomia from Africa this one hails from South America and in the family Apidae. As usual, not much is known of the biology of this group.

Trichodes ornatus, Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming

The Cabbage Looper. 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.

A rather dark and dangerous looking be from Chile. This is

A rather dark and dangerous looking be from Chile. This is Trichothurgus aterimma what many specimens from Laurence Packer's collection up in New York University, Ontario. 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.

This species nests in standing dead columnar cactus in South America. The genus as a whole lives along the western coast of South America. Interestingly one of the species has been found to nest in horse manure, which brings up the point of where did they nest before horses were introduced into South America. So many mysteries.

Note the lovely bee tools this species has, in the shape of expanded tibial spurs.This species nests in standing dead columnar cactus in South America. The genus as a whole lives along the western coast of South America.