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Leafcutter bees on squash blossom. Genus Megachile? Megachile rotundata? - Peponapis
Copyright © 2007 Scott T. Smith

Leafcutter bees on squash blossom. Genus Megachile? Megachile rotundata? - Peponapis
Cache County, Utah, USA
July 16, 2007

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Leafcutter bees on squash blossom. Genus Megachile? Megachile rotundata? - Peponapis Leafcutter bees on squash blossom. Genus Megachile? Megachile rotundata? - Peponapis Leafcutter bees on squash blossom. Genus Megachile? Megachile rotundata? - Peponapis
Contributed by Scott T. Smith on 16 July, 2007 - 3:38pm
Last updated 6 August, 2007 - 9:59pm

Squash bees.
Could be Peponapis pruinosa, but I can't be certain. Whatever it is will be specific to squash. Great images, nice find!
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 July, 2007 - 6:08pm

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