#OSMIA

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Mason Bee (Genus: Osmia)

Mason bees are sleek members of the bee family.

USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab

[cnestus]

it's ridiculous how hard mason bees are to identify, particularly in the western US where they're super diverse with at least 100 species most of which look extremely similar. i have this little sapphire narrowed down to most likely either Osmia cyanella or O. cobaltina, depending on how i interpret a tiny carina on the underside of the head that's mostly hidden by legs and mouthparts, though i also haven't confidently ruled out O. grindeliae, bella, or basilissa, the last two of which might be real species or just synonyms of cobaltina, depending on if i use the janky and unfinished discoverlife Osmia key or the 85 year old monograph by Sandhouse.

[tropicalsuggestion]

A small collection of scans from "The Bees in Your Backyard" by Joseph S. Wilson and Olivia Messinger Carril.

Featuring the Introduction page, a page of "A Bee's Body" chapter, two Genera introductions, and some pages with some more gorgeous macro-photography.

If you live in North America and like bees; Get your hands on this book!

[pogomcl]

Osmia aurulenta Canon 7A EFS 60 2.8 f/5.6 1/320 iso: 100 Prague 4/22/2020

[ramskeleton]

Osmia montana on common blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata). These giant mandible-d mason bees are specialists on sunflower family plants (Asteraceae), foraging on arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) in the spring and moving on to blanketflower at the cusp of summer. Pollen collection is done through quickly thumping the abdominal scopa on florets.

[detached-enigma]

Detached - LOTD #142 by Detached Enigma [Ai Venus Kouyama-Canon] Via Flickr: Blog/Credits/Details: detachedenigmabloggersl.blogspot.com/2024/06/lotd-142.html

[ladybirdaura]

hair // barberyumyum - b23 @  anthem | august 2023

head // lelutka- avalon 3.1

skin // avarosa- greta @ c88 | august 2023

shirt // aloe - stevie tank @  anthem | august 2023

jeans // osmia - remy wide leg cropp jeans

tattoo // dappa - jinro @ tmd | august 2023

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[thedresscodesl]

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[cnestus]

Osmia, particularly in the western US, are remarkably difficult to ID to species. i've tentatively IDed this one as Osmia bruneri but it could also be O. cobaltina or something else more obscure.

[penhero]

PenHero.com Feature Article: Osmia Progress 66G c. 1957

Sometimes a pen catches my eye because it’s really outside my wheelhouse. This is how I’ve managed to accumulate several interesting European and Japanese pens, primarily because of specific interesting features, including the filling system, design, the nib, and the materials used. As a result, a few Osmia pens have made their way into my collection, and I’ll admit there are a few Osmias I don’t yet have that I have my eye on. The Osmia Progress 66G was one of the last piston fill models to use both the Osmia and Progress names on the same pen as Faber-Castell phased out the Osmia brand in the early 1960s.

Read the story about these interesting pens here:

https://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Osmia/OsmiaProgress66G1957.htm

[crudlynaturephotos]

[b0hemianrhaps0dy]

N°3687

[detached-enigma]

Detached - Soft by Detached Enigma [Ai Venus Kouyama-Canon] Via Flickr: Blog/Credits/Details: detachedenigmabloggersl.blogspot.com/2024/02/soft.html

[twistedeuphoria]

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[thedresscodesl]

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