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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 » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Digger Bees (Anthophorini) » Digger Bees (Anthophora) » Subgenus Melea (Anthophora Subgenus Melea) » Anthophora abrupta
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Small bee - Anthophora abrupta
Copyright © 2006 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Small bee - Anthophora abrupta
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
June 1, 2006
Size: aprox. 15mm
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 1 June, 2006 - 1:11pm
Last updated 1 June, 2006 - 7:00pm

Anthophorid.
This is a fairly nice image of a female Anthophora abrupta. Very difficult to get a crisp image of such a fast-flying bee, I know:-) I can barely catch them in a net.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 June, 2006 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Anthophora abrupta
Thanks for the ID Eric.
I am going to try to get a better shot.
I do not see a page for this insect.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 1 June, 2006 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

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