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Thanks, yes, it’s a ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), I believe it’s a juvenile male with the red throat feathers just starting to appear.

Thanks!

Why wait till then?

I’m sure that he’s got these notoriously non-assimilating people on his list as well, right?

Nice photos! They stripped every leaf from my passiflora vine last summer.

Thanks, I took this with my Sony FE 200-600 G lens, zoomed in at 600mm.

And if you see my interactions with another commenter, they led me to a better ID, turns out this is probably not a wool carder bee more likely a curved pebble bee (from a different genus).

Thanks for that tip - I looked at the Dianthidium curvatum and yes that must be it - it’s a much better pattern match and they are native here.

They actually get that name because from the females’ behavior of scraping hair from leaves, similar to the way textile workers card fibers, which they use to line their nests. (I just learned this fun fact today).

And the one in my photo seems to have much more yellow and less fuzz on the thorax than the oblong. I’ve been scouring for photos of different Anthidium species and still can’t find an exact match but now I’m leaning towards the Illustrated Woolcarder Bee (Anthidium illustre).

I’m in SE TX and the iOS photo ID says it’s a Anthidium florentinum (Florentine wool carder bee) or a European wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum). Both are in North America but as invasive species. But looking up other photos of those two I don’t see a close match of the black & yellow pattern.

Nice shot!