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Anthophora flexipes, f, face, Mariposa, CA
A wee little Anthophora. Meet Anthophora flexipes. I don't know much about this species since it lives out West where I don't live, but it is cute and it is an Anthophora. Collected way up the mountains from a burn study in Yosemite National Park by Claire Kremen's bee study group. We have been working on prepping specimens, this one is better than when we got it, but I am not satisfied with the hair. Fortunately we have solved this major problem and will present that soon. Onward Science.
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