Mystery Bug Butt #2 *(See Update on ID Below)
This is a more cropped shot of the one attached below in the comment section. It flew away after this one shot.
*I just identified it as a Wool Carder Bee! (Anthidium oblongatum). I was able to do so from a photo by Sylvester K in the Group Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday!
www.flickr.com/photos/sylvester_k/52182067558/in/pool-bea...
*I've also attached a few of my own photos below of the species, but they are not angles which show the underside as seen in the "mystery bug butt" photo.
This is not a native species. I normally see them in my garden every year, but they had been absent until a few days ago. I didn't even consider that bee, because I didn't think it could fit inside this tiny flower!
Mystery Bug Butt #2 *(See Update on ID Below)
This is a more cropped shot of the one attached below in the comment section. It flew away after this one shot.
*I just identified it as a Wool Carder Bee! (Anthidium oblongatum). I was able to do so from a photo by Sylvester K in the Group Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday!
www.flickr.com/photos/sylvester_k/52182067558/in/pool-bea...
*I've also attached a few of my own photos below of the species, but they are not angles which show the underside as seen in the "mystery bug butt" photo.
This is not a native species. I normally see them in my garden every year, but they had been absent until a few days ago. I didn't even consider that bee, because I didn't think it could fit inside this tiny flower!