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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees (Halictidae) » Sweat and Furrow Bees (Halictinae) » Halictini » Furrow Bees (Halictus) » Subgenus Halictus sensu lato (Halictus Subgenus Halictus sensu lato) » Orange-legged Furrow Bee (Halictus rubicundus)
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Sweat Bee - Halictus rubicundus - female
Copyright © 2010 Peter Cristofono

Sweat Bee - Halictus rubicundus - Female
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 28, 2010
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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 28 May, 2010 - 1:59pm
Last updated 19 February, 2014 - 9:52am

Moved
Moved from Halictus.
… John S. Ascher, 19 February, 2014 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

Buzz pollination
The "salt shaker" structure of the anthers of azaleas and rhododendrons is beautifully illustrated here.
… Beatriz Moisset, 16 December, 2010 - 7:20am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 28 May, 2010 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

Halictus female
probably H. rubicundus
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