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Green metallic sweat bee congregation - Agapostemon virescens
Copyright © 2020 Robert Wrench

Green metallic sweat bee congregation - Agapostemon virescens
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
July 1, 2020
A group of green metallic bees (Agapostemon) in the early AM on Silphium laciniatum flowers.

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Contributed by Robert Wrench on 12 July, 2020 - 7:23am
Last updated 16 July, 2020 - 11:33pm

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Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 16 July, 2020 - 11:33pm

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… Bob Zuparko, 14 July, 2020 - 9:06am

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