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Rufous-backed Cellophane Bee ??? - Colletes thoracicus - male
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Rufous-backed Cellophane Bee ??? - Colletes thoracicus - Male

Camp Creek Run, Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
May 6, 2025
Maybe Colletes thoracicus (Rufous-backed Cellophane Bee)

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Rufous-backed Cellophane Bee ??? - Colletes thoracicus - male Rufous-backed Cellophane Bee ??? - Colletes thoracicus - male
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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 3 June, 2025 - 12:08pm
Last updated 3 June, 2025 - 9:36pm

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Moved from Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees.
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