Augochloropsis sumptuosa, F, back, NC Moore County_2013-09-26-154747 ZS PMax_9975239055_o Collected by Heather Campbell in the Sandhills of North Carolina, this very uncommon blue and green metallic bee is exquisite at the macro level and, if you download

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Augochloropsis sumptuosa, F, back, NC Moore County_2013-09-26-154747 ZS PMax_9975239055_o Collected by Heather Campbell in the Sandhills of North Carolina, this very uncommon blue and green metallic bee is exquisite at the macro level and, if you download the original file, at the micro level where the surface of the integument is lushly inscribed with microscopic lines and of this species Augochloropsis sumptuosa, F, back, NC Moore ZS PMax

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