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CatMint20906 Silver Spring, MD(Zone 7a) Aug 14, 2015

is this a honey bee? or something else?

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) Aug 14, 2015

Not a honey bee, but (I think) something in the family Megachilidae, which includes mason and leafcutter bees. Perhaps Flapdoodle can narrow it down.

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CatMint20906 Silver Spring, MD(Zone 7a) Aug 14, 2015

thanks, Greenthumb! :-)

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 14, 2015

It is indeed in the family Megachilidae, It looks like one of the wool carder bees in the genus Anthidium - see http://www.cirrusimage.com/bees_Megachilidae_Anthidium.htm for an example.

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CatMint20906 Silver Spring, MD(Zone 7a) Aug 14, 2015

thanks so much, Flapdoodle! I have been seeing them around my yard this summer, but this is the first time I've been able to capture one in a photo. It's nice to know what it is!!

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