Andrena macra, f, face, Kent County MD
Andrena macra. One of almost 100 species of Andrena that occur in the State of Maryland. Quick glance, another dark bee, but if you look close you will see the dense pitting on the top of the abdomen, the subtle white hair bands on the abdomen, and most importantly the clincher is the inner tibial spur is s-curved in sigmoidality, while other species have more or less straight ones...sadly this is not visible in this picture, but take a look at the lovely tongue architecture instead and ponder why your tongue does not look like that. Or ... is it a tongue? Photo by Brooke Goggins.
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. Original public domain image from Flickr