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Female Pseudomasaris on Phacelia Mutabilis - Pseudomasaris zonalis - female
Copyright © 2011 Aaron Schusteff

Female Pseudomasaris on Phacelia Mutabilis - Pseudomasaris zonalis - Female
SFSU Sierra Nevada Field Campus, just east of Bassetts, Sierra County, California, USA
July 13, 2011
Here, again, she's collecting pollen from the Phacelia mutabilis flowers. Pollen is regurgitated with nectar to form a provisioning mass for the eggs she'll lay in the nest she'll construct.

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 14 August, 2011 - 5:19am
Last updated 23 February, 2015 - 11:58pm

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… Aaron Schusteff, 18 August, 2011 - 9:14pm

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