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Tiny Bee? - Lasioglossum
Copyright © 2007 atrox

Tiny Bee? - Lasioglossum
Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA
August 15, 2007
Size: tiny
This flower is likely 1/4" across, so this is a tiny little bee. I had originally stopped to take a picture of the flower, and he came along. What a bonus.

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Tiny Bee? - Lasioglossum Tiny Bee? - Lasioglossum
Contributed by atrox on 16 August, 2007 - 1:30pm
Last updated 25 November, 2007 - 9:57pm

Moved
Moved from Lasioglossum.
… Beatriz Moisset, 25 November, 2007 - 9:42pm

Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum)
not tiny
… John S. Ascher, 16 August, 2007 - 3:01pm

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