Echinacea purpurea (also called Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower) blooming in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on June 18, 2025

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Jun30_birds_and_cats/2025jun18_echinacea_IMG_3855c.html

Also at: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290742737

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Una femella del gènere Halictus empolainant-se després de passar uns minuts sota la pluja.

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Probably some kind of furrow bee, Genus Halictus, on a calendula flower.

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A furrow bee of some sort (g. Halictus). I think :-)

Carl Schurz Park in early June.

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