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Bee With Alien Mouthparts? - Lasioglossum - male
Copyright © 2009 Ashley Bradford

Bee With Alien Mouthparts? - Lasioglossum - Male
Belle Haven Park, Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 23, 2009
Those mouthparts are so long they look like an extra set of limbs! Not a large bee (is it a bee?), hanging out on a leaf near the Potomac River.
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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 27 August, 2009 - 12:14am
Last updated 27 August, 2009 - 10:23am

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… Ashley Bradford, 27 August, 2009 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

Yes.
Male "sweat bee," genus Lasioglossum (subgenus Dialictus). Nice shot of those mouthparts:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 August, 2009 - 8:18am login or register to post comments

 
Oh cool, thanks!
What do they do with them that requires them to be so arm-like?
… Ashley Bradford, 27 August, 2009 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

 
Articulated tongue
I have caught those funny looking tongues a couple of times both in photos and videos: 1, 2, 3 and 4.
… Beatriz Moisset, 28 August, 2009 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

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