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Bee ID Request [2008] - Halictus ligatus - female

Bee ID Request [2008] - Halictus ligatus - Female
My back garden, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
June 6, 2008
Is that a marked bee or, a bee with a disease? If it is marked, who marks bees in this area? Or, if it is a disease (or a pest), what is it?

Observed on a Coreopsis (lanceolata?) sp.

My guess is this is a Halictus ligatus.

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Bee ID Request [2008] - Halictus ligatus - female Bee ID Request [2008] - Halictus ligatus - female Bee ID Request [2008] - Halictus ligatus - female