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Bumble bee feeding on lupine flowers. The flowers have green aphid insects (Photo#2).
Pine forest.
Thanks Juan for the correct ID.
Hi Luis, this is not a Bumblebee. They don't have hairy tibias for collecting pollen, they have spoon-like structures (corbicles). This is probably an Antophorid bee
Spotted on Jun 7, 2012 Submitted on May 20, 2013
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Thanks Juan for the correct ID.
Hi Luis, this is not a Bumblebee. They don't have hairy tibias for collecting pollen, they have spoon-like structures (corbicles). This is probably an Antophorid bee