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Subspecies Osmia lignaria propinqua

Is this the male Orchard bee Osmia lignaria - Osmia lignaria

Unknown Osmia sp. - Osmia lignaria - female

Is this an Osmia lignaria. - Osmia lignaria

Osmia lignaria propinqua - Osmia lignaria - female

Megachilidae 01b - Osmia lignaria - female

Blue Orchard Bee - Osmia lignaria propinqua - Osmia lignaria - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)

No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)

Family Megachilidae (Leaf-cutter bees, Mason Bees, and allies)

Subfamily Megachilinae

Tribe Osmiini

Genus Osmia (Mason Bees)

No Taxon (Subgenus Osmia)

Species lignaria (Blue orchard bee)

Subspecies propinqua (Osmia lignaria propinqua)

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 18 April, 2007 - 7:56pm

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