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Photo by EmilyUmbarger
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Field Notes

Description:

A bee? Totally embedded in pollen inside a squash blossom. About 1.5 cm in length.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Juan DiTrani
This is probably a Squash bee (Peponapis pruinosa)
EmilyUmbarger
Isn't it cool, Mark? I think it must have crawled into there when we had a heavy rainstorm and decided to stay with the nectar of the gods and cash out for a few hours. hehe (And yes, we all feed well out of my garden. I experimented with raised beds this year and will never go back! They're beautifully prolific!)
Mark Ridgway
Wow good to see your bees are feeding well too.

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Midwestern gardens
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Hymenoptera of the world -- bees, ants and all their friends
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PublishedJuly 23, 2013

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