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Yellow-masked Bee - Hylaeus - female
Copyright © 2008 Lynn Bergen

Yellow-masked Bee - Hylaeus - Female
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.
… Lynn Bergen, 8 October, 2008 - 12:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Platycryptus undatus.
… Lynn Bergen, 22 September, 2008 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Yellow-masked Bees.
… Lynn Bergen, 22 September, 2008 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

Hylaeus female
probably H. affinis or modestus

it is evaporating nectar to concentrate sugars
… John S. Ascher, 21 September, 2008 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Nectar
That large a bubble represents quite a lot of nectar collecting.
Thanks for taking time to explain.
… Lynn Bergen, 22 September, 2008 - 1:48am login or register to post comments

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