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Small bee with yellow face - Hylaeus
Copyright © 2006 john and jane balaban

Small bee with yellow face - Hylaeus
Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 12, 2006
Size: ~6mm
This little bee was balanced on an anther of one of the flowers of Heracleum maximum.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 15 July, 2006 - 9:06pm
Last updated 22 December, 2009 - 7:05pm

Moved
Moved from Yellow-masked Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 22 December, 2009 - 7:05pm

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