Head-on view of a bee poking his head out from the middle of a yellow flower. His forelegs are propped on the edge of a petal pushing his face toward the camera. From this perspective he’s mostly head: big blueish grey eyes, an enormous blonde toothbrush moustache & antennae.

Summer 2024 leaf cutter boy/Megamale

Megachile in Grindelia, early in the morning when he’s a bit too chilly to fly away when I get close

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