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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Chimney or Turret Bees (Emphorini) » Diadasia » Subgenus Coquillettapis (Diadasia Subgenus Coquillettapis) » australis species group (Diadasia australis species group)
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Mating cactus bees (Diadasia) - Diadasia - male - female
Copyright © 2010 Robert A. Behrstock

Mating cactus bees (Diadasia) - Diadasia - Male Female
West side of Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
May 7, 2010
I realize there may be too much pollen covering the bees to permit further identification. These were in a very large residential cactus garden with many species in bloom. The blossom is prickly pear (Opuntia sp). The elevation is approx. 4,500' The bees never stopped moving so I was shooting at a rapidly swirling mass and hoping for the best.

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Contributed by Robert A. Behrstock on 9 May, 2010 - 6:10pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 9 May, 2010 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

Nice images!
This one looks like the pollen version of a ticker-tape parade. I find these fun to shoot, but tough!
… Ron Hemberger, 9 May, 2010 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

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