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Svastra perhaps- Calhoun County - Colletes ultravalidus

Blountstown, Fl in the Panhandle, Calhoun County, Florida, USA
March 1, 2014
Size: ca. 1 cm

About 15 of these swarming around and nectaring on Prunus caroliniana (Laurel Cherry). Fast flying, hard to see in air. Can you get this to species? I counted antenna segments (hard to do in this photo) but I think I got 13 (male).

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Svastra perhaps- Calhoun County - Colletes ultravalidus

Svastra perhaps- Calhoun County - Colletes ultravalidus

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Contributed by Travis MacClendon on 5 March, 2014 - 10:35am
Last updated 1 February, 2017 - 11:38pm

Moved

Moved from Cellophane bees.

… John S. Ascher, 1 February, 2017 - 11:38pm

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Colletes Calhoun County

John, for some reason I am having trouble loading up additional images of those Colletes. And wow! The pictures at that link certainly superficially look like the ones I'm seeing. And, I will continue to try to load up some more images. I've put in a query to the Forum on why I'm not able to add additional image.

… Travis MacClendon, 8 March, 2014 - 12:24pm

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Calhoun County Colletes

I guess I'm going to go with C. thoracicus based on what I think is a very unscientific notion... the abdomen h
stripes are the least bold of the 12 or so Colletes I checked.

… Travis MacClendon, 5 March, 2014 - 8:59pm

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However there is a new species from the Panhandle

http://bugguide.net/node/view/741069

Would help to see another angle even if not a great photo especially if it shows the head

… John S. Ascher, 7 March, 2014 - 11:33pm

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Svastra perhaps but is Colletes

Thanks so much John. Do I need a different photo aspect to get this to species. I'm looking at C. inequalis and C. thoracicus.

… Travis MacClendon, 5 March, 2014 - 8:34pm

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John S. Ascher, 5 March, 2014 - 7:05pm

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