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Apis mellifera Linnaeus - Apis mellifera
Copyright © 2017 Mike Quinn

Apis mellifera Linnaeus - Apis mellifera
US 84 ROW, 100 km W of Waco, 31.482600, -98.243433, Hamilton County, Texas, USA
April 29, 2017
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2017

honey bee with pollinia on antelopehorn milkweed (Asclepias asperula, Asclepiadaceae)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 4 May, 2017 - 11:01am

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