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 This bee has unusual antenna with knobs on the tips. I have never seen them before. Does anyone have any thoughts? Picture 3 is a bee of the same species for comparision with the antenna.
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 Another bee of the same species for comparision.
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 Answering my own post. It appears there is nothing unusual about the antenna. Males of some species of Megachilie possess this feature.
 
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