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Osmia taurus? - Osmia taurus - female
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Osmia taurus? - Osmia taurus - Female
Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
May 14, 2015
on blackberry

space between horns is narrower than in photos of cornifrons, not sure how else to tell apart without seeing closeup of clypeus area

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Osmia taurus? - Osmia taurus - female Osmia taurus? - Osmia taurus - female Osmia taurus? - Osmia taurus - female Osmia taurus? - Osmia taurus - female Osmia taurus? - Osmia taurus - female
Contributed by hg on 14 May, 2015 - 10:47pm
Last updated 15 May, 2015 - 7:37am

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 15 May, 2015 - 7:37am

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