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Photo#1945399
Unknown

Unknown
Foutain Hills, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
March 2, 2021
Size: ~1 in.
Member of a group of 4 to 6, similar insects continuously orbiting streamside bush (willow?). Full sun, high 70's

Frassed
Moved from ID Request.

That's probably correct BugIdentifier.
I made a video of these with a male and some females for YouTube. The male was very hard to film, because he never landed.

Possibly
A male valley carpenter bee? Like this one :

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