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Anthidium manicatum ♂♀
Wool-carder Bee
Große Wollbiene
Stor Uldbi
Male approaching a female at Betonica officinalis (Betony --- Heil-Ziest )
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Anthidium manicatum ♀
Wool-carder Bee
Große Wollbiene
Stor Uldbi
Fying at Betonica officinalis (Betony --- Heil-Ziest )
Body length 10 mm
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Anthidium manicatum ♂
Wool-carder Bee
Große Wollbiene
Stor Uldbi
Fying at Betonica officinalis (Betony --- Heil-Ziest )
Body length 14 mm
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Villaumbrales (Palencia).
I took a PTO day from work to go to Six Flags Great America for the first time in probably close to a decade. It was incredible fun.
Going midweek meant that I didn't need a fast pass for minimal wait times. It also probably worked to my advantage that temperatures were in the 90s.
Getting there without riding in a single car was easy. The Metra UP-N commuter line took me to Waukegan, after which I transferred to the Pace 565 bus which dropped me off at the park entrance.
It's the park's 50th anniversary this year. Now that I know how relatively easy it is to get there, I so look forward to going back.
www.sixflags.com/greatamerica
Gurnee, Illinois.
Wednesday, July 15, 2026.
Megachile ericetorum ♂
Banded Mud-Bee
Platterbsen-Mörtelbiene
Bugsamlerbi, Bladskærerbi
Body length 13 mm
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This Northern House Wren is currently nesting in this bird house at the REC (Regenerative Earth Collective) Garden!
Equipment used: Chronos
Video Credit: Mary Connell
Megachile ericetorum ♀
Banded Mud-Bee
Platterbsen-Mörtelbiene
Bugsamlerbi, Bladskærerbi
flying at Lathyrus latifolius (Perennial Peavine --- Breitblättrige Platterbse)
Body length 15 mm
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CN 1776 trails CN P901 business train deadhead to Chicago. Most impressive that this train made the time that it did to make chicagoland before dark. July 2026
With sharp eyes fixed on the surf, the royal tern initiates the drop.Wings slice the ocean breeze at a steep angle of attack.The target is locked on, and there is no turning back.
Capel Military Show 04-07-26
Trichrysis cyanea ♀
Blue Cuckoo Wasp
Blaue Goldwespe
Vedguldhveps
Spider Wasps (Trypoxylon spp. --- previous two images) are the main hosts, but not the only ones, of this tiny beauty.
So when there are nests of Spider Wasps in your "Insect Hotel", you can almost be sure to find its cuckoo Trichrysis as well.
Body length 7 mm
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Trypoxylon figulus ♀
Spider Wasp
Töpfergrabwespe
Gravehveps
Body length 13 mm
Flying to her nest with clay, which is used to separate the cells and finally to close the nest entrance.
There are already closed tubes to be seen.
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Que le temps passe vite.14 ans,presque jour pour jour,séparent cette photo prise en Juillet 2012,et cette publication en Juillet 2026.Entre Cluny et Montchanin,le Duplex 222 remonte vers Paris.Il est flagrant de constater qu'a l'époque,la végétation était encore verdoyante,contrairement a l'été 2026,qui est une véritable catastrophe,en raison de la sécheresse.
Trypoxylon figulus ♀
Spider Wasp
Töpfergrabwespe
Gravehveps
flying a spider to her nest in an "Insect Hotel"
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--- Arrival
Xylota segnis ♂ (Diptera, Syrphidae)
Orange-belted Leafwalker
Gemeine Langbauchschwebfliege
Almindelig Træsvirreflue
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This male American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) was found in the RISD REC Garden!
Equipment used: Chronos High Speed Camera
Media Credit: Mary Connell
Capel Military Show 04-07-26
