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Cellophane Bee - Colletes inaequalis
Copyright © 2011 Michael Battenberg

Cellophane Bee - Colletes inaequalis
Willet Creek, Toronto, Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada
May 7, 2011
I came across this (and many more) Bee on the top of a Sandy Hill near a Creek. there were scores of these mounds, with Bees both leaving and returning to them.Looks like an Adrena I shot the other week. I am hoping to return to the site tomorrow morning, so I should get some full images. I included a shot of the mound for reference. The bee is just beginning to emerge.

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Cellophane Bee - Colletes inaequalis Cellophane Bee - Colletes inaequalis
Contributed by Michael Battenberg on 9 May, 2011 - 11:55am
Last updated 10 May, 2011 - 9:18am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 9 May, 2011 - 2:12pm

Colletes inaequalis
female
… John S. Ascher, 9 May, 2011 - 2:12pm

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