Osmia kincaidii, back, f, Mariposa CA
Ah, another beautiful green Osmia bee from the western U.S. O. kincaidii is the name, makes nest in holes in wood and lines them with leaf pulp. Praise the color selections that Nature provides. Collected in Yosemite National Park by Claire Kremen's Bee Troopers.
Photograph by Anders Croft.
Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all
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" Ode on a Grecian Urn"
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