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Passionate Pollen Procurer - Melissodes - female

Passionate Pollen Procurer - Melissodes - Female
Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 26, 2013
At the South Coast Botanical Gardens

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Passionate Pollen Procurer - Melissodes - female Passionate Pollen Procurer - Melissodes

Moved
Moved from Long-horned bees.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
I suspect Melissodes but this tribe is hard.

 
thanks to your ID
I discovered that the males of these bees have long antennae. I had just added this bee to the ID requests

 
Data fields
Once you know the sex, it is a good idea to add that info to the data fields. And, of course, this and the other bees you posted are all adults. It helps to have that info whenever available.

 
Also, if they're packin' pollen, they're females.
Very fine bees!

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