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Image of Amegilla albigena (Lepeletier 1841)

Image of Amegilla albigena (Lepeletier 1841)

Description:

White-banded Digger Bee. Here seen feeding on Mexican petunia, Ruellia simplex a non-native plant observed growing wild. ID is a little uncertain as Amegilla quadrifasciata is indistinguishable in a photograph but only A. albigena is listed for Crete by Fauna Europea.

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