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Bee [Ptilothrix bombiformis?] ID Request - Ptilothrix bombiformis - male
Copyright © 2009 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Bee [Ptilothrix bombiformis?] ID Request - Ptilothrix bombiformis - Male
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
July 14, 2009
Observed on Dipsacus fullonum.

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Bee [Ptilothrix bombiformis?] ID Request - Ptilothrix bombiformis - male Bee [Ptilothrix bombiformis?] ID Request - Ptilothrix bombiformis - male
Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 14 July, 2009 - 5:02pm

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