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Unknown Bee Visiting Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebell) Blossoms - Anthophora villosula
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Unknown Bee Visiting Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebell) Blossoms - Anthophora villosula
Alexandria, Northern Virginia County, Virginia, USA
April 24, 2014
Small hovering brown bee with rotund abdomen visiting both Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebells) and Viola sororia (Common Violet) on April 24, 2014 in Alexandria, Virginia.
Contributed by Egarrity on 25 April, 2014 - 12:08am
Last updated 13 March, 2016 - 5:42am

Moved
Moved from Hairy-footed Digger Bee.
… John S. Ascher, 13 March, 2016 - 5:42am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 25 April, 2014 - 1:53am

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