Keywords: bee bees loosestrife lysimachia macropis taxonomy:binomial=macropis nuda taxonomy:binomial=macropisnuda melittidae dejen mengis dejenmengis maine northeast droege biml usgs specialist pollen eyes dark blackbackground wingspread backlit black background animal texture photo border Macropis were once upon a time a much more common group, this is Macropis nuda...all are loosestrife specialists. So, it could be as simple as Loostrife plants are much less common now than they were or it could be something else. Photograph by Dejen Mengis. Macropis were once upon a time a much more common group, this is Macropis nuda...all are loosestrife specialists. So, it could be as simple as Loostrife plants are much less common now than they were or it could be something else. Photograph by Dejen Mengis. |