Can you guess what this is? Plus last week's answer and winner!
April 25, 2022
Monday Nature Mystery
We are pleased to announce the winner of our last Monday Nature Mystery, Linda McBridge! Please email us your snail mail address and preference for a hat or tote bag to: [email protected]
Congratulations to Linda for correctly identifying the Spring Beauty Mining Bee (Andrena erigeniae)! According to Bug of the Week, the Spring Beauty Mining Bee nesting sites are usually found in well drained, loany soils with sparse vegetation. They collect pollen from Spring Beauty flowers on their leg hairs, called scopa. Their work schedule is fairly relaxed - they begin their foraging around 10am and are usually done by 2:30 PM.
Last Week's mystery: Spring Beauty Mining Bee (Andrena erigeniae). Photo: Judy Gallagher
Each Monday we’ll post a new photo and identify the previous week’s winner. They’ll receive an ASNV hat or tote bag.
Here is this week's mystery:
Be sure to post your answer on our Facebook page @AudubonVA under the Monday Mystery post...do not reply to this email with your guess! We only accept entries from our Facebook page, not via email.
Please remember to write the common name, being mindful of hyphens, uppercase and lowercase letters and always include the Latin name in parentheses. To learn more about bird names click here.
Photo: Judy Gallagher
Who is this?
Post your guess (please list both common name and Latin name) on our Facebook page @AudubonVA under this week's Monday Nature Mystery. Remember, we only accept entries from our Facebook page, not via email!
Good luck!
-Audubon Society of Northern Virginia
Please note that we only accept entries on our Facebook page where they are date and time-stamped. Remember that if you need to correct your entry, you should make a new posting rather than correcting the old one so that we get a correct time stamp for your correction. Winners are limited to one prize every 90 days.
