Sweat bee's nest? - Augochlora pura

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Sweat bee's nest? - Augochlora pura

howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
July 20, 2010

I have confirmed that a sweat bee of some kind flew out while i was digging this nest out of the tree. The whole tree trunk is probably riddled with these wooden combs

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Sweat bee's nest? - Augochlora pura - female

Contributed by Gary Budnik on 20 July, 2010 - 1:20pm
Last updated 14 August, 2010 - 1:38pm

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