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Melissodes desponsa, F, side, Virginia, Prince William County
Virginia, front Royal Smithsonian project collected in northwest Virginia.
A specialist on native thistles, in particular their pollen.
This species is vulnerable 2 thistle control measures of the introduced bull and Canada Thistle species. the native species also disappear from areas where control eliminates all thistle. Original public domain image from Flickr
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