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Found in an active mesh nest. Nest and a few individuals were photographed under a microscope and returned to the original location in Hansen Park. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241394263

Caught in a meshweaver spider's web (Dictynidae). Several individuals present and presumed to be dead.

On a withering Coreopsis tripteris at the side of the Erie Trail.

A. lateralis?

These loopers are fascinating. Yellow on yellow on yellow camouflage.

Melissodes and charging Megachile on knapweed

Possibly Hoplitis? Note sharp conical projection on underside of abdomen on the male. Is it a real thing or an artifact in the photo?

In a sand prairie restoration area.

<2mm, at first mistaken for thrips on the petal of mockorange.

in mud at the edge of a marsh

A small hemipteran on a leaf on the high bank of Hook Creek near hardwoods and pines. C. pallidifrontis seems the most likely. Quite small, maybe 5-6mm.

A very small metallic yellow/gold bee on Potentilla simplex in my sand prairie garden.

Very determined to haul this seed back to the nest.

Caught in a yellow sticky trap set out to gather data (arthropods) to further add to the documented diversity in the Hansen Park Heritage Garden.

Paralyzed prey (unidentified white mite) is marked beside the spider in images 3 & 4.
Prey consumed in images 5 & 6.

Is there identifiable prey in image #2?

Caught in a yellow sticky trap set out to gather data (arthropods) to further add to the documented diversity in the Hansen Park Heritage Garden. 1-2mm

Blapstinus discolor? 5-6mm.

found inside a bee house

Caught in a yellow sticky trap set out to gather data (arthropods) to further add to the documented diversity in the Hansen Park Heritage Garden.

Caught in a yellow sticky trap set out to gather data (arthropods) to further add to the documented diversity in the Hansen Park Heritage Garden. Microscope observation.

Caught in a yellow sticky trap set out to gather data (arthropods) to further add to the documented diversity in the Hansen Park Heritage Garden. Microscope observation.

Possibly Microgastrinae?

Caught in a yellow sticky trap set out to gather data (arthropods) to further add to the documented diversity in the Hansen Park Heritage Garden.

Tiny wasp with large hind femurs.

This is a male, but I haven't been successful at finding any females. They are common on gaillardia, grindelia and heterotheca.