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Subgenus Prosopis (Hylaeus Subgenus Prosopis)
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Copyright © 2008
Lynn Bergen
Yellow-masked Bee -
Hylaeus
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Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
August 30, 2008
Size: small
Linked to general discussion page Tiny Bubbles.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740
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Contributed by
Lynn Bergen
on 21 September, 2008 - 10:54am
Last updated 27 December, 2008 - 7:46pm
Moved
Moved from
Yellow-masked Bees
.
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Lynn Bergen
, 8 October, 2008 - 12:51am
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Moved
Moved from
Platycryptus undatus
.
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Lynn Bergen
, 22 September, 2008 - 3:32pm
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Moved
Moved from
Yellow-masked Bees
.
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Lynn Bergen
, 22 September, 2008 - 3:30pm
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Hylaeus female
probably H. affinis or modestus
it is evaporating nectar to concentrate sugars
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John S. Ascher
, 21 September, 2008 - 2:30pm
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Nectar
That large a bubble represents quite a lot of nectar collecting.
Thanks for taking time to explain.
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Lynn Bergen
, 22 September, 2008 - 1:48am
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