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SHARP-EATMAN
NATURE
PHOTOGRAPHY
FLORIDA BEES
IDENTIFICATION PAGE # F6
March 2024
Hoplitis truncata
from Gainesville
Size: 9 mm
Food plants:
Sawtooth blackberry
(Rubus pensilvanicus)
When and where seen:
March 25, 2024
Gainesville, Florida
(Alachua County)
Hoplitis truncata
(male)

A male Hoplitis truncata

Lateral view of bee

Dorsal view of bee

The bee's antennae are hooked at the ends

Male Hoplitis truncata
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