Throwback from August 2021. Think this was a small carpenter bee.

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The only in focus shots I got of this small carpenter bee.

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Small carpenter bee mom is still nesting.

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Only shot that was in focus of this small carpenter bee.

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Teeny Ceratina in an afternoon sunbeam

They’re so small and so dark and so glossy that it’s usually tricky to get detailed photos with the equipment I have so it was a nice surprise to see her outlined so clearly

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A Carpenter Bee still finding food in the Penstemon digitalis.
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