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bee - Megachile xylocopoides - male
Copyright © 2006 Bill DuPree

bee - Megachile xylocopoides - Male
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
August 18, 2006

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bee - Megachile xylocopoides - male bee - Megachile xylocopoides - male
Contributed by Bill DuPree on 18 August, 2006 - 11:10pm
Last updated 23 April, 2007 - 4:13pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.
… Hartmut Wisch, 23 April, 2007 - 4:13pm

Megachile (Melanosarus) xylocopoides
note the black wings
… John S. Ascher, 23 September, 2006 - 11:02pm

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