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Andrena - Andrena cerasifolii - male
Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Andrena - Andrena cerasifolii - Male
Mill Creek Summit area, ~5000 ft. altitude, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 2, 2007
Size: ~11mm
Taking nectar in Rhus trilobata (Skunkbrush).

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Andrena - Andrena cerasifolii - male Andrena - Andrena cerasifolii - male Andrena - Andrena cerasifolii - male
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 5 April, 2007 - 3:59pm
Last updated 6 April, 2007 - 1:21pm

Moved
Moved from Andrena.
… Hartmut Wisch, 6 April, 2007 - 1:21pm

likely Andrena (Melandrena) cerasifolii
male
… John S. Ascher, 6 April, 2007 - 9:51am

Andrena
male
… John S. Ascher, 5 April, 2007 - 8:22pm

 
Thanks, John!
I'll be soon posting another metallic green bee, also from the San Gabriels, but larger and stouter than this one.
… Hartmut Wisch, 5 April, 2007 - 9:30pm

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