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Andrena asteris, F, side, WVa
A couple more shots of Andrena asteris, one male, and one female. Note the super fluffy hairs on the hind tibia of the female. Nearly all of the fall Andrena have this fluffiness, perhaps because many of them are specialists on Asteraceae which maybe needsfluffy pollen collecting hairs in order to transport pollen well … Or maybe not
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