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Green bee - Agapostemon - female
Copyright © 2009 Phil Huntley-Franck

Green bee - Agapostemon - Female
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
August 24, 2009
The only thing I feel fairly certain of is female and green.

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Green bee - Agapostemon - female Green bee - Agapostemon - female
Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 31 December, 2009 - 9:56pm
Last updated 1 January, 2010 - 1:57pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 1 January, 2010 - 1:57pm

Agapostemon
female

perhaps A. femoratus (in other image scutum appears too rugose to be A. texanus or angelicus, the other green-tailed species recorded from Oregon)
… John S. Ascher, 1 January, 2010 - 10:20am

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