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Sweat bee

Family Halictidae

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Description:

This small sweat bee was thoroughly cleaning itself, trying to get rid of all that sticky polen.

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Comments (3)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Great colors! It look like it was working overtime with all of that pollen :)
Sergio Monteiro
Yes Juan, looks like it had worked a lot! And thanks for reminding me of its ID.

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Mission
Pollinating Insects of the World
Photographed
PublishedMarch 26, 2014

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