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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 » Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees (Colletidae) » Cellophane bees (Colletes) » Unequal Cellophane Bee (Colletes inaequalis)
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Bee - Colletes inaequalis - male - female
Copyright © 2013 Tom Klein

Bee - Colletes inaequalis - Male Female
Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
April 22, 2013
When I arrived there were several males attempting to mate with the female; after several flurries of activity the other males left.

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Contributed by Tom Klein on 22 April, 2013 - 10:13pm
Last updated 28 June, 2013 - 1:54am

Moved
Moved from Cellophane bees.
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Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
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Colletes
Dr. Ascher may be able to tell you the species.
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