A carpenter bee covered in pollen as it sips nectar from a green milkweed plant, Asclepias viridis.

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Size: 5365px × 4024px
Location: Texas, USA
Photo credit: © Marianne Pfeil / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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