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Anthophora bomboides, F, face, San Juan Co., Washington
Anthophora bomboides. Fuzzy . Faking the bumble bee look to fool birds into thinking they can sting like a bumble bee. Here is one from San Juan Island in Washington State. This species occurs throughout the continent....but....its look differs across that huge geographic range. Are they more than one species or not? Does anyone care? You? Then hire a taxonomist to find out, buddy. Photo by Wayne Boo.
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