Rhexia mariana
Pale meadow-beauty

Image Copyright 2001, David L. Green
August 20, 2001  1:53 PM  Hemingway, SC USA

Image © 2002 David L. Green
This lovely megachild bee was working about 7:00 AM, July 30, 2002  Indiantown, SC

Family: Melastomaceae (meadow-beauty family)
Ditch banks, roadsides and field margins, very common but inconspicuous
Observed pollinators:  Bumblebees (Bombus impatiens), and Honeybees (Apis mellifera) early in the morning.
Melastomaceae Home Page  Dr. Karsten Meyer,  Germany

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