Andrena cressonii_ kansensis, f, Delaware, left_2020-12-07-17.48.37 ZS PMax UDR

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Subspecies or Species (and what is this bee doing in Delaware)? (Grammar side bar: I am guessing that the "?" goes outside the parens? Good thing my Mom never reads anything I write giving that she was a teacher). Here we have something that meets the definition of Andrena cressonii subspecies kansensis. In my book (rife with grammatical errors) this seems like a species to me, as it appears to consistently having reddish orange legs and more extensive hair bands than its nominate cousin A. c. cressonii which is less hairy and has no red on its legs (and is common as dirt). A c. k. is a being of the Midwestern plains (or what is left of them) and I have never seen one in the East until looking at Matt Sarver's collection from Delaware, of all places, where it was collected off of Willow. Delaware is admittedly a small state that most people hold no opinion about, but it does have A. c. k. to its name. Photo by Elizabeth Panner. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~ All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish. Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 We Are Made One with What We Touch and See We are resolved into the supreme air, We are made one with what we touch and see, With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair, With our young lives each spring impassioned tree Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change. - Oscar Wilde You can also follow us on Instagram - account = USGSBIML Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Best over all technical resource for photo stacking: www.extreme-macro.co.uk/ Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World: www.amazon.com/Bees-Up-Close-Pollinators-Around-World/dp/... Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland: bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up: Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/ Contact information: Sam Droege sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840