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Blue Metallic Bee - Osmia chalybea
Copyright © 2009 Tim Lethbridge

Blue Metallic Bee - Osmia chalybea
Lake Placid - Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Florida, USA
March 27, 2009
Size: roughly honey bee size
Here you can see the underside of the pollen collecting hairs better. I pressed the shutter release just as a honeybee flew in and brushed the blue bee off. I do have other shots and, if a different angle is needed for ID, please let me know. Thanks!

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Contributed by Tim Lethbridge on 27 March, 2009 - 9:03pm
Last updated 28 March, 2009 - 7:32am

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