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Subgenus Sayapis (Megachile Subgenus Sayapis)
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Megachile fidelis
Photo#337273
Copyright © 2009
Alice Cavette
Megachile Bee -
Megachile fidelis
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Lake Elizabeth, Fremont, Alameda County, California, USA
September 13, 2009
Can't id a bee with such "fluffy" yellow stripes. The Megachile's I see are paler or white.
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Contributed by
Alice Cavette
on 26 September, 2009 - 5:05pm
Last updated 14 December, 2009 - 11:08pm
Moved
Moved from
Subgenus Sayapis
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John S. Ascher
, 14 December, 2009 - 11:09pm
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Moved
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Alice Cavette
, 26 September, 2009 - 8:15pm
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Nice find, Alice.
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Ron Hemberger
, 26 September, 2009 - 8:04pm
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Yours...
Not as good as yours:
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Alice Cavette
, 26 September, 2009 - 8:21pm
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Oh, we're both so good!
Took me a year to find one that would light. (I do think yours is cuter.)
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Ron Hemberger
, 26 September, 2009 - 8:27pm
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Mine
This one has been showing up for a couple of weeks now.
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Alice Cavette
, 26 September, 2009 - 10:34pm
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Megachile (Sayapis) female
I think it is M. fidelis
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John S. Ascher
, 26 September, 2009 - 7:42pm
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