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Blue Orchard Bee - Osmia lignaria propinqua - Osmia lignaria - female
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Blue Orchard Bee - Osmia lignaria propinqua - Osmia lignaria - Female
Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA
May 11, 2008
It was about the size of a medium-sized bumblebee.

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Blue Orchard Bee - Osmia lignaria propinqua - Osmia lignaria - female Blue Orchard Bee - Osmia lignaria propinqua - Osmia lignaria - female
Contributed by Algidus on 27 November, 2008 - 10:09am
Last updated 19 December, 2008 - 4:43pm

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