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Honeybee (worker) - Apis mellifera - Apis mellifera - female
Copyright © 2011 Alex Surcică

Honeybee (worker) - Apis mellifera - Apis mellifera - Female
Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 7, 2011
Contributed by Alex Surcică on 23 July, 2011 - 11:00pm
Last updated 12 August, 2011 - 3:38pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Schneider, 12 August, 2011 - 3:38pm

 
Looks like
there's milkweed pollinia on its feet :)
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 15 August, 2012 - 12:11am

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