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bee with striped abdomen - Andrena violae
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bee with striped abdomen - Andrena violae
Good Hope / Short Fork Seep Nature Preserve, McDonough County, Illinois, USA
May 4, 2018

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bee with striped abdomen - Andrena violae bee with striped abdomen - Andrena violae
Contributed by angella moorehouse on 4 May, 2018 - 9:55pm
Last updated 6 May, 2018 - 1:46am

Andrena violae
Only oligolege of violets.

Note projecting clypeus
… John S. Ascher, 6 May, 2018 - 1:47am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 6 May, 2018 - 1:46am

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