Keywords: formerly i would say that this is the most common osmia in the mid-atlantic states formerlyiwouldsaythatthisisthemostcommonosmiainthemidatlanticstates but no longer. the invasive duo of o. cornifrons and o. taurus are now far more common and make up the bulk of things that nest in the mason bee nests that people put out for bees. why should bees not have the problems that all groups of species now hav butnolongertheinvasiveduoofocornifronsandotaurusarenowfarmorecommonandmakeupthebulkofthingsthatnestinthemasonbeeneststhatpeopleputoutforbeeswhyshouldbeesnothavetheproblemsthatallgroupsofspeciesnowhav nature suffers from thousands of cuts. still common in spring woodlands this twinkler comes from charles county naturesuffersfromthousandsofcutsstillcommoninspringwoodlandsthistwinklercomesfromcharlescounty maryland. picture by amanda robinson! <b> ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~</b> all photographs are public domain marylandpicturebyamandarobinsonb~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~ballphotographsarepublicdomain feel free to download and use as you wish. <b>photography information: </b>canon mark ii 5d feelfreetodownloadanduseasyouwishbphotographyinformationbcanonmarkii5d zerene stacker zerenestacker stackshot sled stackshotsled 65mm canon mp-e 1-5x macro lens 65mmcanonmpe15xmacrolens twin macro flash in styrofoam cooler twinmacroflashinstyrofoamcooler f5.0 f50 iso 100 iso100 shutter speed 200 <i> beauty is truth shutterspeed200ibeautyistruth truth beauty - that is all ye know on earth and all ye need to know ode on a grecian urn john keats </i> you can also follow us on instagram - account = usgsbiml <b>want some useful links to the techniques we use? we truthbeautythatisallyeknowonearthandallyeneedtoknowodeonagrecianurnjohnkeatsiyoucanalsofollowusoninstagramaccountusgsbimlbwantsomeusefullinkstothetechniquesweusewe black background animal photo border Osmia pumila, f, right side, Charles Co. MD_2016-06-27-18.46 Explore Sam Droege's 3453 photos on Flickr! |