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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) » Longhorn Bees (Eucerini) » Svastra » Subgenus Epimelissodes (Svastra Subgenus Epimelissodes)
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Golden Furry Bee - Svastra
Copyright © 2011 Gacko

Golden Furry Bee - Svastra
Desoto, Dallas County, Texas, USA
May 23, 2011
Size: ~15mm
These bees have been flying in my garden for a week now. It looks like chaotic flight, but I'm sure they are etirely purposeful in whatever they're doing: chasing females, warding off other males? It's quite dizzying! Quick sips of nectar is all they take time for--never long enough for me to get a picture on the flower, so I had to capture and release.

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Contributed by Gacko on 27 May, 2011 - 11:31pm
Last updated 11 February, 2014 - 1:55am

Moved
Moved from Long-horned Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 11 February, 2014 - 1:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
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