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Bee ZH3Z3439 - Andrena virginiana - female
Copyright © 2008 Steve Nanz

Bee ZH3Z3439 - Andrena virginiana - Female
Monhegan Island, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
August 24, 2008
Something in or close to Andrena?

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 3 November, 2009 - 3:13am
Last updated 7 December, 2009 - 3:41pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Trachandrena.
… John S. Ascher, 7 December, 2009 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Andrena.
… John S. Ascher, 6 December, 2009 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 November, 2009 - 1:47am login or register to post comments

Andrena (Trachandrena) virginiana
female

Note the double rows of punctures across the vertex and the white tergal hair bands present laterally. Most importantly, note the very sparse scutal punctures with shining interspaces. The scutum is far more densely punctate in the similar A. miranda.

This is a species "impossible" to identify from photos, but these images are so extraordinarily good that identification is not only possible but actually rather easy.
… John S. Ascher, 3 November, 2009 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow!
Thanks John. That was very cool.
… Steve Nanz, 7 December, 2009 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes it is cool
This is certainly the first A. virginiana ever recognized from a photo
… John S. Ascher, 8 December, 2009 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

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