usgsbiml: Nomia foxii. Check out the pearlescent bands on the abdomen. If you see something like
usgsbiml: Nomia foxii. Check out the pearlescent bands on the abdomen. If you see something like that in North America it is going to be a bee in the genus Nomia. This is a western species. Captured in Hidalgo County, in NM by either Don Harvey or Tim McMahon our records are incomplete to the collector. Picture by Sydney Price. All original pictures completely public domain and available at our Flickr site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/Photography Information: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOYFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usgsbiml/Download our free field guide to the genera of bees:http://bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdfPublic Bee Servant, sam droege -- source link