https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8756455
Colletes solidaginis, f, face, Suffolk, VA
Colletes solidaginis, f, face, Suffolk, VA
Not a great specimen, but then again, the species is one we have seen only a few times... you get what you can take. As the name implies there MIGHT be a relationship between this species and golden rod. Is that true? Someone needs to look at little more deeply and perhaps look at the pollen on the bodies of these bees to make such declarations.
Beauty is nature's fact.
- Emily Dickinson. Original public domain image from Flickr
Public DomainFree CC0 image for Personal and Business use