Mel

Mel(she/her) |Biologist | Mostly bugs 🐛🪲🐝🦗

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Bumblebees of Texas!

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Tiny,tiny bee caught on buckwheat (Eriogonium sp.)

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The last 2 years

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Oct 11th afternoon

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@h0wdyfolks Sturgeon!

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Bumblebee in fall crocus

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@h0wdyfolks Oh yes

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Said goodbye to my ol red devil

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Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?

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Wow wow wow! My first chicken of the woods-didnt harvest since it was so small but still so cool!

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Lab puppies

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Unlike human males, male bumblebees can't hurt you (no stinger)

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@h0wdyfolks Do it!

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@h0wdyfolks Asteraceae pollen let's fucking GOOOOO

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Yellow-faced bumblebee (B.vosnesenskii)! Several look alike species so had to flip the gal over and get some underside pics too