Northern colletes  (Colletes floralis)

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Description

This medium sized bee is mainly black, but has tawny red hairs covering the top of the thorax and paler hairs on the face (2) (4). The abdomen is black, but with narrow white bands of dense white hairs (4). The females are slightly larger than the males and have glossier, darker, and longer abdomens (2) (4).

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