Insects and Spiders

Bumble Bee On Purple Prairie Clover View 1

Summer 2015 was the first time I came across this species. I found them several different days. They seem to prefer flowers with orange pollen, they always had orange pockets of pollen on their hind legs rather than the yellow of other bees.
American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus)
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)

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