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Bee - Colletes simulans - female
Copyright © 2008 John F. Carr

Bee - Colletes simulans - Female
Dubuque State Forest, Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
August 22, 2008
Size: 11 mm (approx.)
Beside a pond
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 24 August, 2008 - 11:59am
Last updated 25 August, 2008 - 6:04am

Colletes simulans armatus
female
… John S. Ascher, 24 August, 2008 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
There is no subspecies page for armatus so I left it on the species page. There is an empty subspecies page for nevadensis.

Is this species rare? I see it must be distributed continent-wide but we have no images east of California.
… John F. Carr, 25 August, 2008 - 6:10am login or register to post comments

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