https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/platanthera-lacera-6-green-fringed-orchid-pwrc-helen-lowe-metzman
Who doesn't like an orchid? This is green-fringed orchid, found at the edge of the USGS Bee Lab's grounds near some woods. Nice to see this uncommon species....
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/bolbocerosoma-tumefactum-yellow-pwrc-md-face
Found in a bowl trap at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, this is Bolbocerosoma tumefactum, a rather handsome dung beetle that doesn't eat dung. Photography...
bolbocerosoma tumefactumgeological surveyyellowpwrcmd