Rarity here. This is species was described in the 1950s, named after the town it was collected near and only a handful of specimens have ever been collected that I am aware of. In fact it is so rare that it was on our list of "missing" species, published in 2011. So it is nice to see this species and, indeed, it was collected at Cape Canaveral National Seashore, whose nearest town is.....Titusville. Picture taken by Wayne Boo

Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200

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Rarity here. This is species was described in the 1950s, named after the town it was collected near and only a handful of specimens have ever been collected that I am aware of. In fact it is so rare that it was on our list of "missing" species, published in 2011. So it is nice to see this species and, indeed, it was collected at Cape Canaveral National Seashore, whose nearest town is.....Titusville. Picture taken by Wayne Boo

Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200

Tags:   bug bugs bee bees pollinator pollinators animal animals Animalia Arthropod Arthropods Arthropoda Insect Insects Insecta Hymenoptera Aculeata Anthophila Apoidea Colletidae Cellophane Bee Cellophane Bees Colletes Colletes titusensis taxonomy:binomial=Colletes titusensis droege biml usgs usgsbiml

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Rarity here. This is species was described in the 1950s, named after the town it was collected near and only a handful of specimens have ever been collected that I am aware of. In fact it is so rare that it was on our list of "missing" species, published in 2011. So it is nice to see this species and, indeed, it was collected at Cape Canaveral National Seashore, whose nearest town is.....Titusville. Picture taken by Wayne Boo

Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200

Tags:   bug bugs bee bees pollinator pollinators animal animals Animalia Arthropod Arthropods Arthropoda Insect Insects Insecta Hymenoptera Aculeata Anthophila Apoidea Colletidae Cellophane Bee Cellophane Bees Colletes Colletes titusensis taxonomy:binomial=Colletes titusensis droege biml usgs usgsbiml

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