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Lasioglossum sopinci, m, faceside, anne arundel county, md
Lasioglossum sopinci, m, faceside, anne arundel county, md
Lasioglossum sopinci, m, faceside, anne arundel county, md

We have had pictures of this sand lover before, but just got this one fresh from a study of a local sand mine where with the state mines division they created new bee habitat as a trial and this sand specialist was glad to show up.

We have had pictures of this sand lover before, but just got this one fresh from a study of a local sand mine where with the state mines division they created new bee habitat as a trial and this sand specialist was glad to show up.

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Lasioglossum sopinci, m, head, anne arundel county, md
Lasioglossum sopinci, m, head, anne arundel county, md
Lasioglossum sopinci, m, head, anne arundel county, md

We have had pictures of this sand lover before, but just got this one fresh from a study of a local sand mine where with the state mines division they created new bee habitat as a trial and this sand specialist was glad to show up.

We have had pictures of this sand lover before, but just got this one fresh from a study of a local sand mine where with the state mines division they created new bee habitat as a trial and this sand specialist was glad to show up.

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Lasioglossum sopinci, male, back
Lasioglossum sopinci, male, back
Lasioglossum sopinci, male, back

Lasioglossum sopinci, the undescribed male of this sand specialist, found along some lovely powerline...

Lasioglossum sopinci, the undescribed male of this sand specialist, found along some lovely powerline...

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Lasioglossum sopinci, male, face
Lasioglossum sopinci, male, face
Lasioglossum sopinci, male, face

Lasioglossum sopinci, the undescribed male of this sand specialist, found along some lovely powerline habitat on Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge

Lasioglossum sopinci, the undescribed male of this sand specialist, found along some lovely powerline habitat on Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge

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Lasioglossum sopinci, male, side
Lasioglossum sopinci, male, side
Lasioglossum sopinci, male, side

Lasioglossum sopinci, the undescribed male of this sand specialist, found along some lovely powerline...

Lasioglossum sopinci, the undescribed male of this sand specialist, found along some lovely powerline...

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Lasioglossum synthridis, F, Back, UT, Garfield County
Lasioglossum synthridis, F, Back, UT, Garfield County
Lasioglossum synthridis, F, Back, UT, Garfield County

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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Lasioglossum synthridis, F, Face, UT, Garfield County
Lasioglossum synthridis, F, Face, UT, Garfield County
Lasioglossum synthridis, F, Face, UT, Garfield County

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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Lasioglossum synthridis, F, Side, UT, Garfield County
Lasioglossum synthridis, F, Side, UT, Garfield County
Lasioglossum synthridis, F, Side, UT, Garfield County

more catching up...Lasioglossum synthridis from Utah. Brooke Alexander took this shot.

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Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, Back, Georgia, Camden Co
Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, Back, Georgia, Camden Co
Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, Back, Georgia, Camden Co

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, F, back1, Florida, St. Johns County
Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, back1, Florida, St. Johns County
Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, back1, Florida, St. Johns County

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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Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, back2, Florida, St. Johns County
Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, back2, Florida, St. Johns County
Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, back2, Florida, St. Johns County

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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Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, face, Florida, St. Johns County
Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, face, Florida, St. Johns County
Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, face, Florida, St. Johns County

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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Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, Face, Georgia, Camden Co
Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, Face, Georgia, Camden Co
Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, Face, Georgia, Camden Co

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, F, side, Florida, St. Johns County
Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, side, Florida, St. Johns County
Lasioglossum tamiamense, F, side, Florida, St. Johns County

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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Lasioglossum tarponense, F, back, Florida, St John County
Lasioglossum tarponense, F, back, Florida, St John County
Lasioglossum tarponense, F, back, Florida, St John County

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.