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Andrenids & Colletes

I know I have a hard time identifying the difference between these two species. Eric made a comment on someone's image that the main difference (when one cannot examine the wings) is that Colletes tend to nest in dense aggregates.

Is it possible to update the Andrenidae and Collitidae Info pages with information like this to help people like me?
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Contributed by Paul McNelis on 28 March, 2008 - 8:51am

Done
Good thing that I remembered reading that comment and was able to track it down. (BTW they are two families with lots of species.)
… Beatriz Moisset, 28 March, 2008 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

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