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bee on butterfly bush - Halictus ligatus - male
Copyright © 2009 Pam Phillips

bee on butterfly bush - Halictus ligatus - Male
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 19, 2009
About the size of a sweat bee, but one I haven't seen before.

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bee on butterfly bush - Halictus ligatus - male bee on butterfly bush - Halictus ligatus
Contributed by Pam Phillips on 19 September, 2009 - 12:13pm
Last updated 17 November, 2011 - 6:36pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Halictus sensu lato.
… John S. Ascher, 20 December, 2009 - 10:22pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Pam Phillips, 23 September, 2009 - 4:46pm

Halictus ligatus
male
… John S. Ascher, 19 September, 2009 - 3:20pm

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