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  • A native green bee (Andrena ilicis) in flight, Texas.
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  • A native green bee (Andrena ilicis) in flight, Texas.
    flying_green_bee_32909BFHs-20.jpg
  • A native green bee (Andrena ilicis) in flight, Texas.
    flying_green_bee_32909BFHs-177.jpg
  • A small sweat bee (halictus ligatus) on flower stamens, Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-177.jpg
  • A small sweat bee (halictus ligatus) on flower stamens, Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-169.jpg
  • A small sweat bee (halictus ligatus) on flower stamens, Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-124.jpg
  • A small sweat bee (halictus ligatus) on flower stamens, Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-130.jpg
  • A small sweat bee (halictus ligatus) feeding while another flies nearby, Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-118.jpg
  • A small sweat bee (halictus ligatus) on flower stamens, Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-106.jpg
  • Native bee portrait photographed in late Spring. Western Oregon.
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  • A male short tongued bee (andrena sp.) in flight, western Oregon.
    flying_yellow_bee_52907RF-144.jpg
  • A male short tongued bee (andrena sp.) in flight, western Oregon.
    flying_yellow_bee_52907RF-261-Edit.jpg
  • A green mason bee (Osmia sp) flies away from an annthidium bee (Anthidium sp) while it nectars on a Salt heliotrope (Heliotropium Curassavicum) flower. Photographed in the high-desert of Washington, at The Nature Conservancy's Whisper Lake Preserve.
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  • A small native bee (Agapostemon virescens) on flower stamens. Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-158.jpg
  • A small native bee (Agapostemon virescens) on flower stamens. Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-134.jpg
  • Bombus huntii - a native bumble bee. Photographed in Western Oregon.
    flying_bumble_bee_51510Bbe-111.jpg
  • Two Bombus huntii - native bumble bees separating after a brief tussel. Photographed in Western Oregon.
    flying_bumble_bee_51510Bbe-106.jpg
  • A small native bee (Agapostemon virescens) on flower stamens. Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-173.jpg
  • A small native bee (Agapostemon virescens) on flower stamens. Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-146.jpg
  • A small native bee (Agapostemon virescens) on flower stamens. Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-142.jpg
  • A small native bee (Agapostemon virescens) on flower stamens. Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-110.jpg
  • Bombus huntii - a native bumble bee. Photographed in Western Oregon.
    flying_bumble_bee_51510Bbe-109.jpg
  • Covered in pollen, a native green bee (Andrena ilicis) in flight, Texas. Note the tattered wings inidcate this bee is approaching old age, and the end of its useful life.
    old_bee_32909TCHm-97.jpg
  • Bombus huntii - a native bumble bee. Photographed in Western Oregon.
    flying_bumble_bee_51510Bbe-110.jpg
  • Detailed portrait of imported red fire ant (solenopsis invicta) worker. Texas. This species is native to South America, it has become well established in the southern United States.
    red_fire_ant_portrait_110707SS-35F.jpg
  • A chinese praying mantis (Tenodera aridfolia) in flight. Western Oregon. These insects are native to China but have been introduced, and are common in North America.
    flying_mantis_62306Manty1.jpg
  • A small native bee (Agapostemon virescens) on flower stamens. Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-145.jpg
  • Bombus huntii - a native bumble bee. Photographed in Western Oregon.
    flying_bumble_bee_51510Bbe-103.jpg
  • Detail of a native bee leg photographed in western Oregon.
    bee_leg-62612BLi112.jpg
  • A fly trapped in a cape sundew plant (Drosera capensis). Native to Cape Province of South Africa.
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  • A horse fly trapped in a cape sundew plant (Drosera capensis). Native to Cape Province of South Africa. This plant was photographed from a cultivated specimen.
    cape_sundew-MDurham363_3.jpg
  • A female thistledown velvet ant (Dasymutilla gloriosa). Native of the southwestern United States, this species imitates the appearance of a seed on a creosote bush. Also referred to by the name "cow killer". These are not true ants, but ground dwelling wasps.
    thistledown_velvet_ant_MDurham409_13.jpg
  • A horse fly trapped in a cape sundew plant (Drosera capensis). Native to Cape Province of South Africa. This plant was photographed from a cultivated specimen.
    cape_sundew-MDurham362_3.jpg
  • A horse fly trapped in a cape sundew plant (Drosera capensis). Native to Cape Province of South Africa. This plant was photographed from a cultivated specimen.
    cape_sundew-MDurham361_3.jpg
  • A predacious robber fly (Efferia sp.) leaps off the ground at The Nature Conservancy's Moses-Coulee Field Station in Central Washington. These predators make short flights to chase down and kill prey insects that come into their field of vision. They will often attack and catch other insects in the air.
    jumping_robber_fly_61909fsWQ-7.jpg
  • A digital composite of the same mining bee (genus: Andrena ) in several different flight attitudes. Western Oregon. Photographed with a high-speed camera system.
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  • A female mining bee (genus: Andrena). Western Oregon. Photographed with a high-speed camera system.
    flying_native_bee_51510NcB-108.jpg
  • A female mining bee (genus: Andrena). Western Oregon. Photographed with a high-speed camera system.
    flying_native_bee_51510NcB-101.jpg
  • A female mining bee (genus: Andrena). Western Oregon. Photographed with a high-speed camera system.
    flying_native_bee_51510NcB-105.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-147.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-140.jpg
  • Detailed portrait of a bumble bee (Bombus huntii). Western, Oregon.
    bumble_bee_portrait_52310Hb3Stk1.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-148.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-124.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-117.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-114.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-111.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-110.jpg
  • A tiny male halictidae bee approaching a garden daisy flowers in western Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
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  • A leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile) departs a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
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  • A tiny leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile) departs a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
    flying_leafcutter_bee_8505LBee2.jpg
  • A tiny leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile) departs a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
    flying_leafcutter_bee_8505LBee1.jpg
  • A leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile) departs a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
    flying_bee_8605LLBee5.jpg
  • A leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile) flies toward a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) to collect nectar and pollen.
    flying_bee_8605LLBee3.jpg
  • A leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile) departs a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
    flying_bee_8605LLBee2.jpg
  • A leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile) departs a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
    flying_bee_8605LLBee1.jpg
  • Two leafcutter bees (Genus: Megachile) depart a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
    flying_bee_8605LLBee6.jpg
  • a black leafcutter bee (Megachile sp.) flies around sagebrush in the high-desert of Washington.  Photographed  at The Nature Conservancy's Whisper Lake Preserve.
    black_leafcutter_bee_61709ln-33.jpg
  • A anthidium bee (Anthidium sp) flies near a Salt heliotrope (Heliotropium Curassavicum) flower. Photographed in the high-desert of Washington, at The Nature Conservancy's Whisper Lake Preserve.
    anthidium_bee_61909NB-28.jpg
  • A tiny leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile, possible subgenus: Chelostomoides) departs a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
    flying_leafcutter_bee_8505LBee3.jpg
  • A medium sized black leafcutter bee (Megachile sp.) in flight. Prairie habitat, NE Oregon.
    black_leafcutter_bee_7206LFc1.jpg
  • A leaf-cutter bee (anthidium sp.) pollinating a flower in western Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
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  • A leaf-cutter bee (anthidium sp.) pollinating a flower in western Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    leaf-cutter_bee-IMG_0733.jpg
  • A leaf-cutter bee (anthidium sp.) pollinating a flower in western Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    leaf-cutter_bee-IMG_0731.jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • A leaf-cutter bee (anthidium sp.) pollinating a flower in western Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    leaf-cutter_bee-IMG_0751.jpg
  • A leaf-cutter bee (anthidium sp.) pollinating a flower in western Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    leaf-cutter_bee-IMG_0695.jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • A anthidium bee (Anthidium sp) flies near a Salt heliotrope (Heliotropium Curassavicum) flower. Photographed in the high-desert of Washington, at The Nature Conservancy's Whisper Lake Preserve.
    anthidium_bee_61909NB-33.jpg
  • A tiny leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile, possible subgenus: Chelostomoides) departs a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
    flying_leafcutter_bee_8505LBee6.jpg
  • A tiny leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile) departs a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
    flying_leafcutter_bee_8505LBee4.jpg
  • A small leafcutter bee (Megachile sp.) in flight. Prairie habitat, NE Oregon.
    flying_leafcutter_bee7406ZBB1.jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • A japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) in flight - Tennessee. These insects damage plants by skeletonizing the foliage, that is, consuming only the leaf material between the veins, and may also feed on fruit on the plants if present.)
    Popillia_japonica-62413cb-155.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-488.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-401.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-519.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-455.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-36.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-31.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-19.jpg
  • Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) on Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) at Cascade Head Preserve on the Oregon Coast. The cinnabar moth was first introduced into Oregon in 1960 to contraol non-native, invasive, tansy ragwort.  Subsequent research has shown that the cinnabar moth can reduce ragwort populations by 50-75% on sites favorable for their survivorship (Isaacson and Ehrensing 1977).  Adult cinnabar moths begin to emerge in late spring/early summer.  Mating commences quickly, and females lay their eggs on the underside of ragwort leaves.  Larva hatch in about two weeks and begin feeding on ragwort foliage.  By the third instar, larvae have migrated to the top of the plant to feed on the buds and flowers. With a good population of larvae, plants are stripped of flowers, buds and leaves.
    cinnabar_moth-81912CmSt2.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta) swarm in defence of their colony. These ants are aggresive and have a painful sting. Central Texas.
    red_fire_ant_nest_4109Smy-90.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta) swarm in defence of their colony. These ants are aggresive and have a painful sting. Central Texas.
    red_fire_ant_nest_4109Smy-86.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta) swarm in defence of their colony. These ants are aggresive and have a painful sting. Central Texas.
    red_fire_ant_nest_4109Smy-51.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta) swarm in defence of their colony. These ants are aggresive and have a painful sting. Central Texas.
    red_fire_ant_nest_4109Smy-66.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta), Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31609PhF-77.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta), Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31609PhF-105.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta), Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31609PhF-45.jpg
  • A chinese praying mantis (Tenodera aridfolia) grooming. Western Oregon. These insects are native to China but have been introduced
    chinese_praying_mantis_62306Manty2.jpg
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