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Adorable Mason Bee - Osmia taurus - male
Copyright © 2010 MrILoveTheAnts

Adorable Mason Bee - Osmia taurus - Male
Somerdale , Camden County, New Jersey, USA
March 23, 2010
Size: about 1 cm or smaller
Mason Bee I over wintered in my fridge. I moved them to a container and they started hatching out.

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Adorable Mason Bee - Osmia taurus - male Adorable Mason Bee - Osmia taurus - male
Contributed by MrILoveTheAnts on 23 March, 2010 - 7:14pm
Last updated 12 October, 2011 - 6:54am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 23 March, 2010 - 9:12pm

First NJ record of Osmia taurus?
definitely a male of one of the exotic Osmia (Osmia) now widely invasive in the eastern USA
… John S. Ascher, 23 March, 2010 - 9:10pm

 
Thanks
Thanks for the ID, but I was wondering how we ruled out the genus Andrena?
… MrILoveTheAnts, 24 March, 2010 - 1:41pm

 
Also I have about 100 cocoons
Also I have about 100 cocoons that all seem to be hatching out as this species.
… MrILoveTheAnts, 25 March, 2010 - 12:28pm

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