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Tan Jumping Spider (Platycryptus undatus)

April 9, 2024

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania

#This was supposed to post last Friday #but I think tumblr ate it #just vanished #spider #spiders #photographers on tumblr #tan jumping spider #jumping spiders #arachnids #Platycryptus undatus #bugs #bug #bugblr #entomology #nature #wildlife photography #animals

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Nomad Bees (Nomada sp.)

April 8, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

#bee #bees #photographers on tumblr #bugs #bug #nomad bees. #Nomada #bugblr #entomology #insects #insect #nature #animals #wildlife photography #beeblr

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What do you think she's announcing from her little lilac podium?

Unequal Cellophane Bee (Colletes inaequalis)

April 9, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

#bee #bees #photographers on tumblr #unequal cellophane bee #bugs #bugblr #bug #Berber #entomology #insects #insect #nature #Colletes inaequalis #animals #wildlife photography

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Ground Crab Spider (Xysticus sp.)

April 7, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

#bug #bugs #photographers on tumblr #ground crab spider #bugblr #entomology #spider #spiders #arachnids #Xysticus #nature #animals #wildlife photography

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Violet Mining Bee (Andrena violae)

April 7, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

#Another new bee for me! #bee #bees #photographers on tumblr #Violet mining bee #Andrena violae #mining bees #beeblr #bugs #bug #bugblr #entomology #insects #insect #nature #animals #wildlife photography

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Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria)

April 5, 2024

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania

#FINALLY found one of these #Not an uncommon bee #though there are only 18 records of it on iNat in Pennsylvania #bee #bees #photographers on tumblr #bugs #bug #bugblr #beeblr #entomology #insects #insect #nature #animals #wildlife photography #Mason bees

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Unequal Cellophane Bee (Colletes inaequalis)

March 15, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

#On a sunny day in spring you will often find me lying in the dirt next to bee nests #bee #bees #photographers on tumblr #unequal cellophane bee #colletes inaequalis #bugs #bug #bugblr #entomology #insects #insect #nature #animals #wildlife photography

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Ground-nesting bee time! (Well, all the warm months are, but I see them mostly first thing in the spring before everything grows in.)

Unequal Cellophane Bee female in her nest (Colletes inaequalis)

March 13, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

#bee #bees #photographers on tumblr #bugs #bug #bugblr #unequal cellophane bee #Colletes inaequalis #entomology #insects #insect #nature #beeblr #animals #wildlife photography

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Went bee hunting today and was not disappointed.

Unequal Cellophane Bees (Colletes inaequalis)

March 12, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

#bee #bees #photographers on tumblr #unequal cellophane bee #cellophane bees #Colletes inaequalis #bugs #bug #bugblr #entomology #insects #insect #nature #animals #wildlife photography #beeblr

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Versute Sharpshooter (Graphocephala versuta)

February 27, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

#The bugs are waking up! #my kind of signs of spring #bugs #bug #photographers on tumblr #bugblr #Versute Sharpshooter #sharpshooters #hoppers #entomology #insects #insect #nature #wildlife photography #animals #Graphocephala versuta

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First native bee of the year! And pollen covered as a bonus. I'm very happy.

Unequal Cellophane Bee (Colletes inaequalis)

February 27, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

#bugs #bug #photographers on tumblr #bugblr #bee #bees #unequal cellophane bee #Colletes inaequalis #entomology #insects #insect #nature #wildlife photography #animals

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Georgia Mason Bee (Osmia georgica)

June 24, 2023

Southeastern Pennsylvania

I knew that this was a new bee for me when I shot it, but it only just got IDed on iNaturalist, 7 1/2 months later. I used to research my own IDs, but I've gotten a bit lazy about that since I discovered iNat, and also I realized how often I used to be plain wrong.

#63rd species in Pennsylvania for me #bee #bees #photographers on tumblr #bug #bugs #Osmia georgica #mason bees #georgia mason bee #bugblr #entomology #insects #insect #nature #animals #wildlife photography

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Many people are scared of insects, but you know what's scarier than insects...?

No insects

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Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

February 1, 2024

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania

#chomping chonk #photographers on tumblr #eastern gray squirrel #squirrels #mammals #nature #animals #cute #cute animals #wildlife photography

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January Jumper! It was about 52° F (11° C) after a full week of below freezing temperatures.

Tan Jumping Spider (Platycryptus undatus)

January 26, 2024

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania

#bugs #bug #photographers on tumblr #spider #spiders #tan jumping spider #bugblr #entomology #insects #insect #nature #animals #wildlife #Platycryptus undatus #arachnids

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A sweet fuzzy Phidippus californicus, California jumping spider, watching the world from a patch of Swiss chard. Private commission for @halffizzbin. I love these cute little teddy bears so much 💗

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Reblogging my top 5 posts of 2023. This was my top post, the second time hummingbird moths made it into my top 5.

Fond of pink

Hummingbird Clearwing moths (Hemaris thysbe)

Midsummer 2023

Southeastern Pennsylvania

#photographers on tumblr #bugs #bug #bugblr #entomology #insects #insect #nature #animals #hummingbird moth #Hummingbird Clearwing moth #Hemaris thysbe