Male denticulate longhorn bee
(Melissodes denticulatus)

On Ironweed flower
Late August in Chicago

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Male dark-veined longhorn bee (Melissodes trinodis) 🐝

Late August 2024, on a backyard sunflower.

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On-point
Male dark-veined longhorn bee (Melissodes trinodis) 🐝

Taken August 2024 on a backyard sunflower.

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Keep those antennae clean!

Male dark-veined longhorn bee / sunflower

Melissodes trinodis in July, backyard again

Hope Monday’s copacetic

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Male dark-veined longhorn bee II
(Melissodes trinodis) 🐝

Side view, August 2024, on a backyard sunflower.

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Just learned about #macromonday so that’s exciting.

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Two-spotted longhorn bee on hyssop
(Melissodes bimaculatus)

The world seems upside down because, well, we turned our head to better clean our antennae!

Sometimes no matter how we turn, the perspective is disorienting.

6/2/24 Chicago

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Dark-veined longhorn bee on sunflower petal 3/3

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