Bees with Mites

Espying mites on bees creeps Crumby out. It reminds Crumby of those times when Ray got practically covered up with seed ticks. How would you like to have hundreds of seed ticks situated in your nether regions where the sun don’t shine?

Anyway, seeing these few mites on this bee creeps Crumby out just like the ticks on Ray. Seems like the mites tend to afflict the Megachilinae more than the other bees. Crumby has another shot of a different Osmia with a great many more mites than can be seen on the depicted. Mercy! But also, the bees head in that other picture is out of focus. Dang. So we couldn't present that other one on the venue, which otherwise, would have been more exemplary of bees with mites.

This particular bee, as has already been noted, is an Osmia species. According to the Brackenridge checklist, these parts feature four Osmia type bee species. But of course there could be more. Man alive?

This picture is also with the 60d and 100mm.