MAKE A MEME View Large Image Jelle Devalez (the finder of this bee) writes: "Hoplitis tigrina: one of the largest species of Hoplitis usually found on large purple thistles." And so we must love purple thistles. ~~~...{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~... All ...
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