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Osmia - female
Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Osmia - Female
Off Angeles Crest Highway, ~6800 ft. (near Vista Picnic Area), San Gabriel Mountains., Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 19, 2007
Size: ~9 mm
Taking nectar in Hulsea heterochroma . A jewel of a bee, and my reward for remembering to check up on the Hulsea .

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Osmia - female Osmia - female Osmia - female
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 20 June, 2007 - 12:47pm

Osmia
female
… John S. Ascher, 20 June, 2007 - 12:58pm

 
Thanks, John -
I also observed this, as well as a darker, more square-headed one, in Yerba Santa flowers nearby.
… Hartmut Wisch, 20 June, 2007 - 1:16pm

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