Megachile inimica, m, face, Dorchester Co, MD
A lover of yellow composites. Sunflowers and things that look like sunflowers. Megachile inimica is a big leaf cutter, quite hunky really, a bee's bee. This is a male and was collected at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland. Oh, ....They planted a nice pollinator garden at their visitor's center and boom, it became the best place to see native bees on the whole refuge. These things make a difference. Photo by Dejen Mengis.
Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all
Ye know on earth and all ye need to know
" Ode on a Grecian Urn"
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