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Silky Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon sericeus)
Photo#585955
Copyright © 2011
Rich Kelly
Bee A - unident -
Agapostemon sericeus
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William Cullen Bryant Preserve, Nassau County, New York, USA
October 9, 2011
Size: 8 mm +/-
Halictid or Chrysid?
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Contributed by
Rich Kelly
on 10 October, 2011 - 9:31am
Last updated 15 November, 2011 - 9:23am
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John S. Ascher
, 10 October, 2011 - 5:49pm
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Agapostemon sericeus
female
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John S. Ascher
, 10 October, 2011 - 5:48pm
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Thanks. Why is it that virtu
Thanks. Why is it that virtually everything that I shoot is a female?
Numerically more of them? More active/photogenic? Males breed and die, doing some other chores?
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Rich Kelly
, 10 October, 2011 - 6:10pm
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