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Triepeolus sp.
About 12-14 millimeters in body length, colored black with white scales as shown.
Bee is hanging from a saltcedar tree (Tamarix sp.) in a vast open field of degraded shortgrass prairie with sunflower, yucca, prickly-pear cacti, and scattered elm trees.
This bee is "sleeping" in response to an approaching storm. It is gripping the end of the twig with only its mandibles.
Spotted on Jun 16, 2012
Submitted on Jan 19, 2014
2 Comments
Great specimen and photograph. Love your work, Eric. And, thanks for all the help that you given me on IDs.
Yes, this is a cool male bee resting