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[usgsbiml]

More Slovakian bees.   This is Andrena subopaca, collected in Plavecký Mikuláš by Peter Šima in a forest clearing in June.  I note that this species occurs across the Eurasian supercontinent and that's about it for my understanding of this Mining Bee. Lovely pastel wing shimmer. Photograph by Cole Cheng.  

[seerofstuff]

bee cute furry face, m, argentina, side_2014-08-07-18.46.27 ZS PMax by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Via Flickr: Mourecotelles, Unknown Hairyeye Bee, collected in Argentina What an attractive bee, unfortunately, that is about all we can say about this species other than it is found in the western temperate regions of South America. It belongs to a little studied group and most of the work that has been done comes from museums where 22 species have been described from various collections. There is one note that a few nests were found in wooden traps nests that mimic naturally occurring beetle holes or cavities in plant stems, whether that holds true for all species is unknown. Just in this genus alone exists dozens of graduate degrees, waiting for someone to explore this group’s life history. 

[celestialmacros]

Dark-winged Sweat Bee (Lasioglossum fuscipenne)

November 8, 20120

Southeastern Pennsylvania

From the USGS Native Bee Lab ( @usgsbiml ): Until a hard freeze occurs the males, but only the males, often become the most common non-honeybee bee in late October and November. 

[bluebrine]

you reblog some of the coolest shit i've ever seen oh my god where do you find this shit??? it's such a vibe thank you for filling my dash with this

Aw hey, thank you anon! ^^  (say what you will about tumblr, but it’s a great place to find specialized content for some niche & interesting subjects imo) 

I personally have an interest in natural science, so I reblog a lot of biology, taxonomy, & geology stuff- assuming that’s some of the cool shit you’re talking about! Here’s a few (mostly active) blogs that post some things I find interesting, maybe they’ll be what you’d like to see as well? :>

General biology blogs:

@animalids @typhlonectes @taxonomy-blog @end0skeletal-undead @terranlifeform @lovingexotics @funkysafari @earth-fauna

@anungulateaday @dailyotter @livestockguardiangod @todaysbird @theraptorcage @antelopesaplenty 

@blogbirdfeather @photoopss @staudnhuckn @permagrinphoto @aticketplz @tomodachibirb @hideki-koga @michaelbidunphotography @greenandflex @dogtrails @urakihikaru

Entomology blogs:

@onenicebugperday @ecuadorlife @sinobug @usgsbiml @bugkeeping 

Botany blogs:

@cedar-glade @shroomlings @lindagoesmushrooming 

Vulture culture blogs:

@roadkillandcrows @shadyufo @putrid-parts-peddler @birbbones @bone-vulture-lu @bone-lust @prettydeadstuff @creatures-and-corpses @snakeybones

Aquatica blogs:

@noaasanctuaries @montereybayaquarium @thelovelyseas @seatrench @fuckyeahfluiddynamics @brisksea @captainmaji @nauyak @volk-morya @trynottodrown

Geology blogs:

@geologypage @geologyin-blog @geologistsrockthebed @hematitehearts @mineralesque @bijoux-et-mineraux @earthstory @unearthedgemstones

@252mya @paleoart @paleobiology @huxley-paleozoo @fossilporn @a-dinosaur-a-day @paleobiology @palaeoblr

History/ Archeology blogs:

@archaicwonder @armthearmour @peashooter85 @treasures-and-beauty @gemma-antiqua

[yuikita]

I saw a twitter hash tag called #fatbeeweek and I wanted to use that moment to show up native bees, thanks a lot for @usgsbiml for such useful source!

[noaasanctuaries]

Would you be able to point me in the direction of other blogs similar to yours? Perhaps about forests as well as oceans?

Yes! Several other public land and water management agencies are here on Tumblr. In no particular order:

@usfws: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

@usfwspacific: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Region

@usfwspacificsouthwest: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Southwest Region

@americasgreatoutdoors: U.S. Department of the Interior

@mypubliclands: Bureau of Land Management

@mountrainiernps: Mount Rainier National Park

@glaciernps: Glacier National Park

@npsparkclp: National Park Service’s Park Cultural Landscapes Program

@usgsbiml: U.S. Geological Survey’s Native Bee Lab

Fellow public agencies, who are we missing?

[artfromthefuture]

mutillid, f,face, Millard county, Utah_2019-10-21-18.36.30 ZS PMax UDR by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Via Flickr: Wicked Wasp Week. All week, All wasps. Witchy. Muttilids. Ah, here is one, such a group you would not want to meet if they were 10 feet tall. Check out the tarsal comb on this one from Great Basin National Park in Utah....perhaps used to pick the pieces of its victims out of its teeth. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~ All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish. 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 We Are Made One with What We Touch and See We are resolved into the supreme air, We are made one with what we touch and see, With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair, With our young lives each spring impassioned tree Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change. - Oscar Wilde You can also follow us on Instagram - account = USGSBIML Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Best over all technical resource for photo stacking: www.extreme-macro.co.uk/ Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World: www.amazon.com/Bees-Up-Close-Pollinators-Around-World/dp/... Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland: bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up: ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/ Contact information: Sam Droege sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840

[horticulturish]

Sometimes when I get stressed and overwhelmed at work, I load the USGS Bee gallery and look through it at all the sweet fuzzy children.  Productive? Not really, but if my boss startles me with an interruption at least it looks like it would be adjacent to something I’m working on. 

[usgsbiml]

We process thousands of specimens a year.  

In general, most species are a bit bedraggled, pollen covered, clumped hair, legs/antennae askew... that sort of thing.  Particularly Andrena, which seem more prone to such things, perhaps because they are just a touch more delicate.  So, it is nice to see a beautiful specimen like this Andrena wilmattae from Badlands National Park.  A lovely presentation and our photographer, Anders Croft did a lovely job laying this specimen out.  A joint venture I would say.

[grrreblog]

Glamour shots of bees, by Sam Droege.

[beekeepingbuzz]

DIY Macrophotography with Sam Droege

It is easy to admire a beautiful photograph. The processes involved in it’s creation, are far more difficult to appreciate. This video demonstration provides a fascinating insight into the practice of Macrophotography. Produced by the United States Geological Survey, it features Sam Droege, a photographer who works closely with insects. In the video, Sam discusses the processes, techniques and equipment required to create stunning photographs. Achieving great results is not as difficult as it might seem!

If you’d like to see further examples of Sam Droege’s work you can visit the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab’s Flickr page, you can even follow  @usgsbiml on Instagram and even here on Tumblr.

[celestialmacros]

Ligated Furrow Bee (Halictus ligatus)

Thanks to @usgsbiml for help with the ID

May 23, 2018

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[bionicteaching]

Red ant, face_2020-08-17-18.33.09 ZS PMax UDR by Sam Droege Ants, as an insect group, foster secret, somewhat mysterious, fanatical groups. Who are these people? Ants are not apparently sexy to the outside world, no fuzzy huggable species like the bumble bee, no beautiful colors like butterflies, beetles, etc; they are are all basically some sort of earth color, all are small to minute and their characters are microscopic. Yet, there are books, guides, camps, the clannish "AntWeb"; museums are full of ant people, the Maryland Biodiversity site lists 128 species in the state and someone who is undoubtedly part of the ant secret society has put up a picture of every single one of them, while most other insect groups have only a handful with pictures. Here is a red one from the BARC-WEST proposed Maglev Train Yard site. Someone from the Kabbalah will speak its name. Photo by Jade Louis. ~~~~~~~~~~}}}}~~~~~~~~~~ All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish. 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 We Are Made One with What We Touch and See We are resolved into the supreme air, We are made one with what we touch and see, With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair, With our young lives each spring impassioned tree Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change. - Oscar Wilde You can also follow us on Instagram - account = USGSBIML Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Best over all technical resource for photo stacking: www.extreme-macro.co.uk/ Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World: www.amazon.com/Bees-Up-Close-Pollinators-Around-World/dp/... Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland: bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up: https://ift.tt/D15wx0qOU Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/ Contact information: Sam Droege sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840 https://flic.kr/p/2jMzuxq

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

Found this sweat bee clinging to the side of the sheet one night last July. At least, I think it’s a sweat bee (Halictidae family)...

UPDATE: Thank you to @usgsbiml for identifying this as a male orange-legged funnel bee, Halictus rubicundus.

[pleasespellchimerical]

pantheris reblogged your photo:usgsbiml: This lovely Heriades carinata is only...

I want to design an alien based on her

u should design an alien based on her. she would be such a sleek gorgeous alien :D