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Anthophora plumipes, M, Head, N.A_2013-04-19-14.28.22 ZS PMax

Image of Anthophora plumipes (Pallas 1772)

Description:

Male, Anthophora plumipes, introduced into Maryland from Japan in the 1980s...and now common in the DC region. Likely to be split from A. plumipes back to an earlier synonym A. pilipes due to recent molecular work

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