Pictures of Bees

[Meg Whynot-Young]

Hi All, 

My coworker, Mya Austin, and I are looking for some pictures of some bee species for an in-house species dichotomous key. For context, we are student interns at Massasoit Community College in the STEM Research program. The program has been running for 10+ years and is studying the abundance of the wild bee population in Plymouth County, MA over time. We have our sample collection of 20,000+ bees identified to genus-level, but species-level identification is the goal. 

 If you have pictures you'd be willing to share with us, we are specifically looking for:

• Anthophora Walshii (male), 
• Chelostoma Philadelphi (female), 
• Coelioxys Funeraria (female and male), 
• Osmia Cornifrons (female and male), 
• Macropis Patella (male), 
• Sphecodes Autumnalis (female and male), 
• Sphecodes Cressonii (female and male), 
• Sphecodes Galerus (female and male), 
• Sphecodes Levis (female and male), 
• Sphecodes Minor (female and male), 
• Sphecodes Pimpinellae (female and male), and 
• Sphecodes Townesi (female and male)

Thank you, 

Meg

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Meg Whynot-Young

Biology Transfer Major

(617) 710-4964