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Stelis subemarginata, F, Side, Michigan, Keweenaw County
Stelis subemarginata, F, Side, Michigan, Keweenaw County
Woof. Not great pictures of a bit of beat up bee, but it is a rare bee and I think the only one I have ever gotten. In this case these came from Shelby Wilson who did surveys of bees on Isle Royale in Lake Superior. A very cool place. Very canadian in bee aspect. This is a nest parasite of the bee genus Osmia....not sure if much is know other than that.
Photo by Brooke Alexander.
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