Old World Bee ID Request - Coelioxys coturnix

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Copyright © 2008 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Old World Bee ID Request - Coelioxys coturnix -

My back garden, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
July 31, 2007
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A couple weeks after I first observed this old world bee in my neighborhood, I documented the female on a cultivated variety of Achillea millefolium.

Note the red legs on the female.

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Old World Bee ID Request - Coelioxys coturnix - female

Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 29 February, 2008 - 4:57pm
Last updated 1 January, 2010 - 7:00pm

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