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Megachile - male
Copyright © 2006 Hartmut Wisch

Megachile - Male
Lockwood Valley Road near Wagonroad Canyon, Ventura County, California, USA
May 19, 2006
Size: ~11mm
Tasting for nectar in the hood of this Asclepias vestita flower.

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Megachile - male Megachile - male
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 22 May, 2006 - 11:12pm
Last updated 24 March, 2008 - 3:35pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 24 March, 2008 - 3:35pm

Megachile (Megachiloides) male
note rounded (not emarginate) carina of T6; likely a species in the former subgenus Derotropis if Clarkia was present there
… John S. Ascher, 23 September, 2006 - 11:17pm

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