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Agapostemon texanus - female
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Agapostemon texanus - Female
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
July 6, 2013
Size: ~12mm
Keyed using Roberts (1973): all-green female, center of thorax (mesoscutum) has a pattern of pits on a dense background of tiny pits = A. texanus or A. angelicus, but Portland is well out of range for the latter. On Threadleaf Coreopsis (C. verticillata).

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Agapostemon texanus - female Agapostemon texanus - female
Contributed by johnnotis on 22 July, 2013 - 1:19pm
Last updated 5 September, 2013 - 1:18am

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