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Pretty green bees at Marietta Sand Prairie - Agapostemon splendens - female
Copyright © 2011 Stephen Cresswell

Pretty green bees at Marietta Sand Prairie - Agapostemon splendens - Female
Marietta Sand Prairie, Marshall County, Iowa, USA
July 29, 2011
Three or four of these bees were operating in a very small area of the sand blowout.

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Pretty green bees at Marietta Sand Prairie - Agapostemon splendens - female Pretty green bees at Marietta Sand Prairie - Agapostemon splendens - female
Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 1 August, 2011 - 4:27pm
Last updated 3 August, 2011 - 12:42pm

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 1 August, 2011 - 8:21pm

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