Small iridescent blackish Busy Bee with beige-white (abdominal) hair-bands, carying loys of Bristly Ox-tongue pollen - Halictus tripartitus

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Small iridescent blackish Busy Bee with beige-white (abdominal) hair-bands, carying loys of Bristly Ox-tongue pollen - Halictus tripartitus -

Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA
September 7, 2013
Size: ~ 6 mm

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Small iridescent blackish Busy Bee with beige-white (abdominal) hair-bands, carying loys of Bristly Ox-tongue pollen - Halictus tripartitus - female

Contributed by Emile on 11 September, 2013 - 11:25pm
Last updated 13 September, 2013 - 11:31am

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