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Green bee or fly - Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve, San Mateo County, California. This bee or fly was feeding on hawksbeard. - Agapostemon
Copyright © 2013 Paul Bartz

Green bee or fly - Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve, San Mateo County, California. This bee or fly was feeding on hawksbeard. - Agapostemon
Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve, Skyline Boulevard, San Mateo County, California, USA
April 14, 2013
Size: ~1cm in length
This bee or fly was travelling from flower to flower feeding; it seemed most attracted to hawksbeard.
Contributed by Paul Bartz on 14 April, 2013 - 10:29pm
Last updated 16 April, 2013 - 12:16am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 15 April, 2013 - 9:22pm

Agapostemon
Genus Agapostemon is composed of the metallic green sweat bees.
… Joe, 15 April, 2013 - 1:32am

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