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Common Name:
Masked Bee

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass:
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Colletidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Hylaeus (Prosopis) sp.

Checklist No:

Location:
Prospect Park
Brooklyn, NY
USA
GPS: 40.663647,-73.969359

Date: 6/10/07

Stage: Adult
Sex: Female
Notes: H. modestus or affinis

Image at BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/129437

Hylaeus (Prosopis) sp. Colletidae
Masked Bee
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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