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Bee - Osmia lignaria - female
Copyright © 2009 Phil Huntley-Franck

Bee - Osmia lignaria - Female
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
June 7, 2009
Size: approx 8mm
On small Shasta Daisy.
Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 13 August, 2009 - 10:03pm
Last updated 3 March, 2014 - 8:01am

Moved
Moved from Mason Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 3 March, 2014 - 8:01am

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… Beatriz Moisset, 13 October, 2009 - 6:13pm

Osmia female
looks like O. lignaria propinqua
… John S. Ascher, 13 October, 2009 - 5:39pm

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… George Waldren, 10 October, 2009 - 4:06pm

Maybe
something in Osmiini.
… Domingo Zungri, 14 August, 2009 - 9:04am

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