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Mesoplia rufipes, m, back, La Cruz, Costa Rica
Mesoplia rufipes, m, back, La Cruz, Costa Rica
Mesoplia rufipes, m, back, La Cruz, Costa Rica

Collected by Tim McMahon in Costa Rica, this is a nest parasite of Centris species, this is Mesoplia rufipes. Nicely aglow with red legs and a blue abdomen. Photo by Anders Croft.

Collected by Tim McMahon in Costa Rica, this is a nest parasite of Centris species, this is Mesoplia rufipes. Nicely aglow with red legs and a blue abdomen. Photo by Anders Croft.

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Mesoplia rufipes, m, face, La Cruz, Costa Rica
Mesoplia rufipes, m, face, La Cruz, Costa Rica
Mesoplia rufipes, m, face, La Cruz, Costa Rica

Collected by Tim McMahon in Costa Rica, this is a nest parasite of Centris species, this is Mesoplia rufipes. Nicely aglow with red legs and a blue abdomen. Photo by Anders Croft.

Collected by Tim McMahon in Costa Rica, this is a nest parasite of Centris species, this is Mesoplia rufipes. Nicely aglow with red legs and a blue abdomen. Photo by Anders Croft.

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Mesoplia rufipes, m, left, La Cruz, Costa Rica
Mesoplia rufipes, m, left, La Cruz, Costa Rica
Mesoplia rufipes, m, left, La Cruz, Costa Rica

Collected by Tim McMahon in Costa Rica, this is a nest parasite of Centris species, this is Mesoplia rufipes. Nicely aglow with red legs and a blue abdomen. Photo by Anders Croft.

Collected by Tim McMahon in Costa Rica, this is a nest parasite of Centris species, this is Mesoplia rufipes. Nicely aglow with red legs and a blue abdomen. Photo by Anders Croft.

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Metopiinae, side, Anne Arundel County
Metopiinae, side, Anne Arundel County
Metopiinae, side, Anne Arundel County

Wasp species, It would appear to me to be a parasitic wasp, Anne Arundel County, MarylandIdentified as a probable Metopiinae by Bob Carlson of USDA

Wasp species, It would appear to me to be a parasitic wasp, Anne Arundel County, MarylandIdentified as a probable Metopiinae by Bob Carlson of USDA

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Micranthes virginiensis, Early saxifrage, Howard County, MD, Helen Lowe Metzman
Micranthes virginiensis, Early saxifrage, Howard County, MD, Helen Lowe Metzman
Micranthes virginiensis, Early saxifrage, Howard County, MD, Helen Lowe Metzman

Early Saxifrage....this is not a flower I come across often or know anything about, but Helen Lowe Metzman found this flower in Howard County and took its picture in our lab. I am sure there are galaxies of stories and wonders about for this plant. I am just not privy to them.

Early Saxifrage....this is not a flower I come across often or know anything about, but Helen Lowe Metzman found this flower in Howard County and took its picture in our lab. I am sure there are galaxies of stories and wonders about for this plant. I am just not privy to them.

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Midge Black and White
Midge Black and White
Midge Black and White

Well, most of the time I don't think our pictures resonate as much when desaturated, however, the previous uploaded midge seems to want that, so here it is.

Well, most of the time I don't think our pictures resonate as much when desaturated, however, the previous uploaded midge seems to want that, so here it is.

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Midge
Midge
Midge

Up close view of the head of a Chironomid Midge. What fun to see the magnificent antennae of something that is around us every day. Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

Up close view of the head of a Chironomid Midge. What fun to see the magnificent antennae of something that is around us every day. Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

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Mimulus ringens, Monkey-flower, Howard County, MD, Helen Lowe Metzman
Mimulus ringens, Monkey-flower, Howard County, MD, Helen Lowe Metzman
Mimulus ringens, Monkey-flower, Howard County, MD, Helen Lowe Metzman

Our disguised snap dragon the Square-stemmed Monkey Flower. Edges of woods, particularly if damp seems to be where I mostly find it. Collected and photographed by Helen Lowe Metzman.

Our disguised snap dragon the Square-stemmed Monkey Flower. Edges of woods, particularly if damp seems to be where I mostly find it. Collected and photographed by Helen Lowe Metzman.

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Mink, M, Foot, bottom, MD, PG County, Bowie
Mink, M, Foot, bottom, MD, PG County, Bowie
Mink, M, Foot, bottom, MD, PG County, Bowie

The foot of the American Mink: Neovison vison. A lovely male freshly killed where a stream crosses the road in the progenitor of all suburbs: Bowie, Maryland. All sorts of things exist in these seeming wastelands.

The foot of the American Mink: Neovison vison. A lovely male freshly killed where a stream crosses the road in the progenitor of all suburbs: Bowie, Maryland. All sorts of things exist in these seeming wastelands.

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Mink, M, Foot, toe pad, MD, PG County, Bowie
Mink, M, Foot, toe pad, MD, PG County, Bowie
Mink, M, Foot, toe pad, MD, PG County, Bowie

The foot of the American Mink: Neovison vison. A lovely male freshly killed where a stream crosses the road in the progenitor of all suburbs: Bowie, Maryland. All sorts of things exist in these seeming wastelands.

The foot of the American Mink: Neovison vison. A lovely male freshly killed where a stream crosses the road in the progenitor of all suburbs: Bowie, Maryland. All sorts of things exist in these seeming wastelands.

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Mink, M, Foot, toe pads, MD, PG County, Bowie
Mink, M, Foot, toe pads, MD, PG County, Bowie
Mink, M, Foot, toe pads, MD, PG County, Bowie

The foot of the American Mink: Neovison vison. A lovely male freshly killed where a stream crosses the road in the progenitor of all suburbs: Bowie, Maryland. All sorts of things exist in these seeming wastelands.

The foot of the American Mink: Neovison vison. A lovely male freshly killed where a stream crosses the road in the progenitor of all suburbs: Bowie, Maryland. All sorts of things exist in these seeming wastelands.

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Mink, M, Foot, top, MD, PG County, Bowie
Mink, M, Foot, top, MD, PG County, Bowie
Mink, M, Foot, top, MD, PG County, Bowie

The foot of the American Mink: Neovison vison. A lovely male freshly killed where a stream crosses the road in the progenitor of all suburbs: Bowie, Maryland. All sorts of things exist in these seeming wastelands.

The foot of the American Mink: Neovison vison. A lovely male freshly killed where a stream crosses the road in the progenitor of all suburbs: Bowie, Maryland. All sorts of things exist in these seeming wastelands.

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nomia species, m, face, thailand
nomia species, m, face, thailand
nomia species, m, face, thailand

A male Nomia from Thailand, note the corkscrewed antennae and the greatly expanded leg segments (presumably useful in mating at nest aggregations).

A male Nomia from Thailand, note the corkscrewed antennae and the greatly expanded leg segments (presumably useful in mating at nest aggregations).

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Nomia species, m, oman, angle
Nomia species, m, oman, angle
Nomia species, m, oman, angle

A good Nomia pictures always makes them look like space aliens and they might as well be given how far far far different insects are from our particularly model of living on this earth. This space alien is from the deserts of Oman where there are most new species to find, deserts being high on the list of locations with high bee diversity.

A good Nomia pictures always makes them look like space aliens and they might as well be given how far far far different insects are from our particularly model of living on this earth. This space alien is from the deserts of Oman where there are most new species to find, deserts being high on the list of locations with high bee diversity.

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Nomia species, m, oman, face
Nomia species, m, oman, face
Nomia species, m, oman, face

A good Nomia pictures always makes them look like space aliens and they might as well be given how far far far different insects are from our particularly model of living on this earth. This space alien is from the deserts of Oman where there are most new species to find, deserts being high on the list of locations with high bee diversity.

A good Nomia pictures always makes them look like space aliens and they might as well be given how far far far different insects are from our particularly model of living on this earth. This space alien is from the deserts of Oman where there are most new species to find, deserts being high on the list of locations with high bee diversity.

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Nomia species, m, oman, side
Nomia species, m, oman, side
Nomia species, m, oman, side

A good Nomia pictures always makes them look like space aliens and they might as well be given how far far far different insects are from our particularly model of living on this earth. This space alien is from the deserts of Oman where there are most new species to find, deserts being high on the list of locations with high bee diversity.

A good Nomia pictures always makes them look like space aliens and they might as well be given how far far far different insects are from our particularly model of living on this earth. This space alien is from the deserts of Oman where there are most new species to find, deserts being high on the list of locations with high bee diversity.