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Early spring bee - Osmia - male
Copyright © 2009 Vespula vulgaris

Early spring bee - Osmia - Male
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
March 18, 2009
Attracted to early spring flowers

Possibly the same as last spring?

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Early spring bee - Osmia - male Early spring bee - Osmia
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Contributed by Vespula vulgaris on 18 March, 2009 - 1:25pm
Last updated 3 November, 2009 - 3:14pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Osmia.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 November, 2009 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mason Bees. Previous ID was to subgenus.
… John F. Carr, 18 March, 2009 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

Osmia (Osmia)
male

exotic

O. cornifrons or taurus
… John S. Ascher, 18 March, 2009 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

 
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