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Bee #3 - Colletes inaequalis - male
Copyright © 2007 Jason Forbes

Bee #3 - Colletes inaequalis - Male
Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 14, 2007
Size: 1.5cm or so
I assume that's pollen. Another of the large group flying. Are they likely all the same?
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Contributed by Jason Forbes on 14 April, 2007 - 3:25pm

Colletes inaequalis
male bee
… John S. Ascher, 14 April, 2007 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John
Only a minute, wow!
… Jason Forbes, 14 April, 2007 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

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