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Anthophora sp.
Fuzzy bee with yellow face and thorax but a black and white abdomen. The eyes are green and the antennae are all black. Last image shows the abdomen well.
Deerweed in chaparral.
Spotted on Jan 28, 2014
Submitted on Jan 29, 2014
9 Comments
Hi Bernadette, thank you very much.
Super series, Cindy!
Thank you Jemma and Dilan!
Wow!Nice series Cindy!!
quite an exquisite bee! nice one.
Thank you Lauren!
Wonderful series!
Thank you Juan. I'll submit it for further ID :)
This is an Antophorid bee. Looks like Antophora genus, unfortunately Antophorid genus can be very similar, so the only way of been totally sure is with an stereoscope or with local specialist help