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Photo#509988
Copyright © 2011
Keng-Lou James Hung
Sleeping Eucerine bee -
Melissodes
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Spring Valley, San Diego County, California, USA
April 19, 2011
Size: ~10mm
Photographed on a cloudy morning sleeping in a Chrysanthemum flower. Coastal Sage Scrub habitat.
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Contributed by
Keng-Lou James Hung
on 28 April, 2011 - 11:05pm
Last updated 29 April, 2011 - 1:22pm
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John S. Ascher
, 29 April, 2011 - 1:22pm
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Melissodes
male
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John S. Ascher
, 29 April, 2011 - 1:22pm
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Thanks!
Thanks for the genus ID John! I suspected Melissodes but all Eucerine bees look so similar...
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Keng-Lou James Hung
, 30 April, 2011 - 12:57pm
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