Identificaciones de joegiulian

I saw this lone bee returning to pollinate sheep laurel. There was another one of these bees but it didn't want to be bothered.

@dmantack Any idea if this is the specialist bee? I might have to come out in the morning to see more of them.

I was able to go back out to get more pictures of these bees.

There were many of these bees hovering around Kalmia angustifolia sheep laurel. The problem is they were moving nonstop and they were only hovering around the flowers. I don't think they liked me being there. I had to sit and wait for a little while before some of them finally landed on the flowers and let me take pictures.

One of the photos came out darker and I was able to lighten it which is a side view of a bee.

Great find here yesterday by @nativeplantaddict and noticed by @dmantack. Northernmost confirmed modern record, although @mpelikan might change that soon...

Many males patrolling Kalmia angustifolia; 1 female present early on, but no more seen after that. Closely matches phenology at other known sites.

Good bee site in general. Trip list:

• Agapostemon texanus
• Agapostemon splendens
• Andrena carlini
• Andrena barbara
• Andrena vicina
• Andrena (Scrapteropsis?) sp.
• Augochlora pura
• Augochloropsis viridula
• Bombus bimaculatus
• Bombus perplexus
• Ceratina sp.
• Colletes bradleyi
• Colletes thoracicus
• Habropoda laboriosa
• Halictus ligatus
• Halictus parallelus
• Halictus rubicundus
• Hylaeus cf. modestus
• Lasioglossum [Dialictus] sp.
• Lasioglossum [Hemihalictus] sp.
• Megachile sp.
• Nomada luteoloides
• Nomada imbricata
• Nomada maculata
• small metallic Osmia sp. (atriventris?)
• Osmia felti
• Perdita bradleyi
• Sphecodes brachycephalus
• Sphecodes cf. fattigi/confertus
• Sphecodes sp.
• Xylocopa virginica

I saw this lone bee returning to pollinate sheep laurel. There was another one of these bees but it didn't want to be bothered.

@dmantack Any idea if this is the specialist bee? I might have to come out in the morning to see more of them.

Andrena erythronii I believe—large, broad foveae, flattened clypeus, indistinct bands (vs bold bands and shining abdomen of barbilabris) need to check with voucher

From a large nesting aggregation adjacent to Erythronium albidum