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Hirsute Leafcutter Bee

Topic Categories: Image of the Day
Posted on: October 7, 2007 2:50 PM, by "GrrlScientist"

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Leafcutter Bee on Helianthus annuus, White Oak Bayou along E. T.C. Jester Blvd., Houston.

The photographer writes: Here is a picture of what I believe is a leafcutter bee, and a hirsute one at that, gathering pollen on the flower of a wild sunflower.

Image: Biosparite. [bigger size]

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More bees in the news, and in the military. Sounds like a creative tactic....

Posted by: David Harmon | October 8, 2007 8:39 AM

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