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R.D. Sage
1965
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[[underline]]xylocopa[[/underline]] sp
[[underline]]5km SE. Desamporados,1200-1300m, San Jose, Costa Rica[[/underline]]
[[left margin]]9 August
directions from the entrance. Diameter of nest
at entrance was 37mm
Nest #36 schoenherria. The next was T-shaped
It had been attacked by a woodpecker.
[[image - describing shape of nest and woodpecker attack locations]]
Diameter of post at the entrance
was 47mm
Pickled the [[image-female symbol]]of this next as it was covered with
mites (?) and the [[image - male symbols?] were bare. This phenomenon
can be seen in the other Schoenheries we have have taken
here. The infestation is heavy & distribution is as follows:
[[image of inset with mites on back and near wings]]
The undersides were bare & the wings also.
There was also a solpupid in the wood of 
the nest post & it is pickled with the infested bee.
[[left margin]] Shoenherria
#37 In same post as #36 but up higher--near
the tip. Couldn't tell what direction the opening
was as I didn't discover it until after I had
removed this part of the post from the fence.
It consists of 1 [[image-female symbol]] only. She has a simple going up