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Dark Abdomen Halictidae - Agapostemon? - Osmia
Copyright © 2014 stpbrian

Dark Abdomen Halictidae - Agapostemon? - Osmia
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
March 14, 2014
I found this little guy yesterday inside of a treadmill box that had been shipped from Utah. He was moving, but was very slow, almost as if he had gotten too cold or was in the process of dying. I put him in a little plastic bag to bring home and show my kids, but when I woke up this morning there was a hole chewed in the bag and no bee. So much for the "in the process of dying" hypothesis.

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Dark Abdomen Halictidae - Agapostemon? - Osmia Dark Abdomen Halictidae - Agapostemon? - Osmia
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Contributed by stpbrian on 14 March, 2014 - 11:14am
Last updated 14 March, 2014 - 3:30pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 14 March, 2014 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

Osmia?
… v belov, 14 March, 2014 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

 
Osmia, yes
… margarethe brummermann, 14 March, 2014 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Female
ribifloris?
… John S. Ascher, 27 March, 2014 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

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