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Sonoran Bumble Bee - Bombus sonorus - female
Copyright © 2010 Ron Hemberger

Sonoran Bumble Bee - Bombus sonorus - Female
UCI Arboretum, Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
February 11, 2010
Saw one or two of these today, visiting the same patch of flowers. (Deerweed, right?)

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Sonoran Bumble Bee - Bombus sonorus - female Sonoran Bumble Bee - Bombus sonorus - female Sonoran Bumble Bee - Bombus sonorus - female
Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 11 February, 2010 - 11:57pm

Deerweed looks righ to me...
...but I'm still a novice in need of more time under Hartmut's tutelage. :-) Happy to see that you are finding some attractive bees & flies to photograph!
… Harsi S. Parker, 13 February, 2010 - 2:25am

 
Interesting bees are beginning to appear.
Syrphids are consistently out there, but often hard to see/shoot.

I'm used to seeing deerweed in another place and at another time, so have problems "parsing" the landscape.
… Ron Hemberger, 13 February, 2010 - 10:58am

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