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Subgenus Eumelissodes (Melissodes Subgenus Eumelissodes)
Photo#1265375
Copyright © 2016
Naomi Smith
Melissodes
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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
July 25, 2016
Found this little bee sleeping in the cosmo blossom one dull and dreary afternoon.
I cut and moved the stem closer.
I put the flower in the sun and he? finally came around.
Is this a male halictus ligatus?
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Contributed by
Naomi Smith
on 27 July, 2016 - 1:20pm
Last updated 31 July, 2016 - 3:24pm
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John S. Ascher
, 27 July, 2016 - 7:01pm
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Thank you Dr. Ascher. I will in future leave the IDing to you and just enjoy photographing these wonderful creatures.
I did not know that females slept in flowers during the day.
Naomi
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Naomi Smith
, 28 July, 2016 - 12:41am
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