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Bee, Carrizo Plain - Anthophora urbana - female
Copyright © 2015 Anita Gould

Bee, Carrizo Plain - Anthophora urbana - Female
Carrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
November 1, 2015
Size: ~~18 mm
Found on a Kansas Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) that looked to be the only plant blooming for miles around on this drought-stricken native grassland. It was sharing a flower head with http://bugguide.net/node/view/1170053, but I cropped them into separate images for upload. Feel free to frass if hopeless; just thought this might not be a very well represented site, at least at this season.
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Contributed by Anita Gould on 30 November, 2015 - 7:46pm
Last updated 4 November, 2018 - 7:35pm

Moved
Thank you, John! I'll move it there for now -- if it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me.

Moved from Honey, Bumble, Long-horned, Orchid, and Digger Bees.
… Anita Gould, 4 November, 2018 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

cf. Anthophora urbana
Female
… John S. Ascher, 4 November, 2018 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

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