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Subgenus Boreocoelioxys (Coelioxys Subgenus Boreocoelioxys)
Photo#356678
Copyright © 2009
Phil Huntley-Franck
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Coelioxys
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Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
August 6, 2009
Friendly little bee. It kept raising the tip of its abdomen gently up and down in a slow, graceful rhythm. I think it might have been calling for a mate.
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Contributed by
Phil Huntley-Franck
on 5 December, 2009 - 10:25pm
Last updated 6 December, 2009 - 9:23pm
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Phil Huntley-Franck
, 6 December, 2009 - 1:04pm
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yes
a Coelioxys female moving its metasoma to breathe
Females don't need to call the males. They are enthusiastic enough already.
Looks like it could be subgenus Boreocoelioxys.
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John S. Ascher
, 6 December, 2009 - 9:35am
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A late-night, wild guess, here...
but how about something in the Megachilidae; maybe in or close to Coelioxys?
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 5 December, 2009 - 10:44pm
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