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Colin Purrington

I prefer to have a species identification on the photographs I post, but this one is more of a PSA: take lots of pics and don't throw any away, because you never what angle an expert on iNaturalist or BugGuide might need to make the call. I *think* this might be Ceratina calcarata (a carpenter bee), but it turns out one of the diagnostic characters is a triangular swelling on the hind femur, something (of course) I didn't know at the time. A frame that I'd normally trash (right pic) shows it. #inaturalist #bugguide #bees #dandelion #taxonomy #insects #macrophotography

Small, dark, metallic-blue bee in the center of a compact, disk-shaped yellow inflorescence.
Closeup view of the bee with a white arrow pointing to a triangle-shaped swelling on the rear leg.
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Flatbush Gardener 🌈

@colinpurrington
Reportedly back as of an hour or so ago.

I'm busy working in the garden. Will check later. This morning I wanted to tag a BG IDer [Robert "Bob" Zuparko] on an iNat Diplazontinae observation, if they also have an account there. [He does not, that I can find.]

inaturalist.org/observations/2

#iNaturalist #BugGuide #Hymenoptera #Wasps #GardenEcology #UrbanGardens #MoarBugz

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iNaturalistHover Fly Parasitoid Wasps (Subfamily Diplazontinae)Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasps from Beverly Square East, New York, United States on May 9, 2024 at 02:34 PM by Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener). Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp (Diplazontinae) hunting on Allium leaves with Aphids present in my fron...
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