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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 494 No. 494 |

Common Masked Bee
Common Masked Bee (Hylaeus communis) – species of genus “Masked Bees“

Hylaeus communis is a Palearctic species of solitary bee.

Ancestry Graph

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This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „A song in rustling leaves“ To help us understand his world, a eurasian running crab spider has composed a brief poem.

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A song in rustling leaves

„Common Masked Bee“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily