Osmia texana, female, back, Carroll County, MD 2013-10-30-14.32.30 ZS PMax (10683290946)

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Description: A thistle hugging giant of an Osmia.., who can't but love thistles and the several bee species that depend on them. Here is a specialist that depends on pollen from our native thistle plants to provision the cells of its young. Too often our native thistles also are taken out when people spray for introduced bull and Canada Thistles. Collected by Tim McMahon and the first state record for Maryland, Photographed by Aaman Mengis. Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Photographer: Sam Droege, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200. Date: 3 November 2013, 18:10. Source: Osmia texana, female, back, Carroll County, MD_2013-10-30-14.32.30 ZS PMax Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, USA.