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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Longhorn Bees (Eucerini) » Large Squash Bees (Xenoglossa) » Subgenus Eoxenoglossa (Xenoglossa Subgenus Eoxenoglossa) » Xenoglossa strenua
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Glad I stayed with this bee. - Xenoglossa strenua - male
Copyright © 2009 Ron Hemberger

Glad I stayed with this bee. - Xenoglossa strenua - Male
Peters Canyon, Orange, Orange County, California, USA
May 26, 2009
It looked like a honey bee, but didn't move like one, plus it was way more wary. Shot it deep inside a gourd flower in bad light, so images aren't all that hot.

The moral of this story is don't blow off what you think is a common insect...until you're dead certain it is a common insect.

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Glad I stayed with this bee. - Xenoglossa strenua - male Glad I stayed with this bee. (Likely Xenoglossa strenua) - Xenoglossa strenua - male Glad I stayed with this bee. - Xenoglossa strenua - male Glad I stayed with this bee - Xenoglossa strenua - male
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 27 May, 2009 - 11:52am
Last updated 12 April, 2010 - 10:03pm

Moved
Moved from Large Squash Bee.
… John S. Ascher, 12 April, 2010 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Large Squash Bee.
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