usgsbiml: A male Nomia from Thailand, note the corkscrewed antennae and the greatly expanded leg seg
usgsbiml: A male Nomia from Thailand, note the corkscrewed antennae and the greatly expanded leg segments (presumably useful in mating at nest aggregations). This lovely came from the Laurence Packer Lab at York University. Why corkscrewed antennae….good question. 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