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Coelioxys germana, m, face, Kent Co, MD
First Maryland state record for this species as represented by this male from Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge on a wee island in the Chesapeake Bay. As a Coelioxys it is going to be a nest parasite of Megachile...in this case it is going after Megachile petulans....a species with a more southern distribution. For some reason I can see this particular bee carrying a switchblade, having had a hard early childhood, with feelings of inadequacy. I can say these things because no one actually ever reads these descriptions...
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