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Metallic bee from Mojave - Agapostemon? - Agapostemon melliventris - male
Copyright © 2017 Ken Schneider

Metallic bee from Mojave - Agapostemon? - Agapostemon melliventris - Male
Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA
August 27, 2017
Size: ca 8 mm
Found at lights at dawn.

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Metallic bee from Mojave - Agapostemon? - Agapostemon melliventris - male Metallic bee from Mojave - Agapostemon? - Agapostemon melliventris - male Metallic bee from Mojave - Agapostemon? - Agapostemon melliventris - male Metallic bee from Mojave - Agapostemon? - Agapostemon melliventris - male
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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 27 August, 2017 - 4:40pm
Last updated 15 November, 2018 - 10:15am

Nice shots, Ken
And such a beautiful species.

(Also I'd say you're admirably stoic to be out entomologizing in Baker in the toasty late summer! :-)
… Aaron Schusteff, 17 September, 2017 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Aaron!
This was definitely one of the prizes of the trip. Looking for bugs attracted to lights in the summer months is a total blast for me - all kinds of cool stuff out there... :) Hope you had a great summer.
… Ken Schneider, 17 September, 2017 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 27 August, 2017 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

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