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Antophorid bee

Description:

Bumble bee feeding on lupine flowers. The flowers have green aphid insects (Photo#2).

Habitat:

Pine forest.

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2 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thanks Juan for the correct ID.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 10 years ago

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

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

California, USA

Spotted on Jun 7, 2012
Submitted on May 20, 2013

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