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huge bumblebee in a Romneya flower - Xylocopa californica - female
Copyright © 2017 Arabella Dane

huge bumblebee in a Romneya flower - Xylocopa californica - Female
Claremont, California, USA
May 1, 2017
Size: Huge!
I've never seen such a big bumblebee. They were all over the Romneya flowers in the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Contributed by Arabella Dane on 28 August, 2017 - 7:55am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 28 August, 2017 - 8:40am

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