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Habitat of the two bees - Centris
Copyright © 2007 margarethe brummermann

Habitat of the two bees - Centris
Ironwood National Monument, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
August 14, 2007
I couldn't resist: this is were we found them: at the foot of Ragged Top.
The second bee-

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Habitat of the two bees - Centris Bee with huge pollen-collection areas on tibia. - Centris - female
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 16 August, 2007 - 12:53pm
Last updated 13 January, 2008 - 10:32am

Moved
Moved from Centris (Paracentris).
… Beatriz Moisset, 13 January, 2008 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

Nice to see
that not all the brush and cacti have been covered with housing developments. Seems to me you used to be able to see views like this inside the Tucson city limits.
… Jim McClarin, 17 August, 2007 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

Great image
you should link this to the bee image.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 16 August, 2007 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

 
It was - it got unlinked when
It was - it got unlinked when I unlinked the bees
… margarethe brummermann, 16 August, 2007 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Easily re-linked
Tag each image, then Link.

(I guess you'd then repeat the process, using this one with each of the earlier linked images.)
… Ron Hemberger, 16 August, 2007 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Great, it worked, thank you!
Great, it worked, thank you! Now they can frass it when they find this non-bug picture!
… margarethe brummermann, 17 August, 2007 - 12:56am login or register to post comments

 
It's a very beautiful shot
Sometimes, habitat photos are treasured here, including plant photos. (But I have had some of the latter frassed, when the foliage proved to be more of a resting place than an actual host.)
… Ron Hemberger, 17 August, 2007 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

 
Love That Shot!
It looks like my backyard when I used to live in Southern Arizona.
… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 17 August, 2007 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

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