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December 28, 2021
05:00 PM CST
Description
On Prunus americana thicket at edge of mesic tallgrass prairie. ID uncertain.
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December 28, 2021
05:00 PM CST
Description
On Taraxacum officinale in front yard. ID uncertain.
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April 16, 2019
02:08 AM EDT
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June 17, 2020
06:16 AM UTC
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June 16, 2020
08:03 PM PDT
Description
Please credit photos to NPS/Paul G. Johnson. These bees appeared to be visiting holes on this rarely used dirt road, and there were many hundreds of holes. They seemed to be in areas with a slight slope, not in flat areas. Soil is sand/decomposed granite.
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June 16, 2020
08:13 PM PDT
Description
My first guess was B. rufocinctus, but the intensity of the colour and the combined yellow and black bands at the bottom of the abdomen have me wondering about B. sylvicola. And I know there are other possibilities. Unfortunately I did not get a top view of the face and head. Thanks for your help with this id.
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June 16, 2020
08:39 AM CDT
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September 8, 2019
06:59 PM CST
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November 5, 2019
10:30 PM CST
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October 30, 2019
10:22 PM CDT
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October 27, 2019
06:21 PM CST
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October 27, 2019
05:29 PM PDT
Description
Boya Lake Provincial Park, BC
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October 27, 2019
06:33 PM CST
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October 28, 2019
03:59 AM CDT
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October 25, 2019
12:04 PM CDT
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October 26, 2019
08:07 PM EDT
Description
Is this a Furrow Bee or a Resin Bee? Why were the mandibles open while feeding?
What’s that on the underside of the abdomen?
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October 22, 2019
03:00 PM CDT
Description
Southwestern Research Station, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise CO., AZ
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October 22, 2019
03:18 PM CDT
Description
Found on Jerusalem artichoke at Warsaw Sewage Lagoon Levee.
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October 13, 2019
01:31 PM EDT
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October 11, 2019
09:26 PM EDT
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September 22, 2019
08:42 PM PDT
Description
The inner margin of the eye appeared curved and after that the imagination took over. Won't claim to know if the propodeum is smooth but the hind leg looks reasonable
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September 21, 2019
01:07 AM EDT
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August 29, 2019
08:57 PM UTC
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August 20, 2019
02:27 PM PDT
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May 27, 2019
05:51 AM UTC
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August 12, 2019
11:19 PM EDT
Description
On mint flowers. I wonder what little insect hangs out inside the mint flower in front of the bee. Perhaps a parasitic wasp?
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July 31, 2019
07:10 PM CDT
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July 29, 2019
09:16 AM MST
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July 4, 2019
10:51 PM PDT
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May 15, 2019
07:54 PM PDT
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May 14, 2019
09:18 AM CDT
Description
yellow-white, furry front feet
white face
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July 18, 2019
06:47 PM PDT
Description
On hairy wood mint (Blephilia hirsuta) in my small native plant garden.
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June 27, 2019
09:03 PM CDT
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July 14, 2019
09:30 PM EDT
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July 13, 2019
12:37 AM UTC
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July 12, 2019
03:31 AM EDT
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July 11, 2019
02:15 PM HST
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July 11, 2019
02:19 PM HST
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July 12, 2019
01:04 AM UTC
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June 20, 2019
04:20 PM EDT
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July 9, 2019
09:09 PM EDT
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July 10, 2019
01:23 AM UTC
Description
Insects coming out of a small hole in the ground. Thorax and head were shiny green, abdomen had black and white stripes.
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July 5, 2019
01:39 PM MDT
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June 30, 2019
02:26 AM UTC
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June 29, 2019
09:43 PM CDT
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June 27, 2019
10:01 PM EDT
Description
On leaf of muhley grass in established Clearwater, FL yard.
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June 18, 2019
03:59 PM PDT
What
Bees
(Epifamily Anthophila)
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June 20, 2019
05:17 PM EDT
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June 20, 2019
03:18 PM EDT
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June 8, 2019
03:37 PM CDT
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May 27, 2019
05:46 AM UTC
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May 13, 2019
10:42 PM PDT
Description
Add to pollinators project
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May 13, 2019
08:30 PM PDT
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April 4, 2013
08:56 AM PDT
Description
" Males of this group often form sleeping aggregations on flowers or stems"
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May 11, 2019
11:37 PM PDT
Description
Cold, windy day, but this bee was out working the flowers.
What
Bees
(Epifamily Anthophila)
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May 9, 2019
04:27 PM UTC
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May 8, 2019
11:33 AM PDT
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April 26, 2019
02:54 PM PDT
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May 7, 2019
08:27 AM HST
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May 7, 2019
08:14 PM CDT
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May 7, 2019
08:46 PM CDT
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May 7, 2019
08:47 PM CDT
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May 6, 2019
10:58 PM UTC
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May 7, 2019
04:08 PM PDT
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May 7, 2019
04:24 PM PDT
Description
Very small, very fast bees.
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May 7, 2019
04:06 PM PDT
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May 7, 2019
01:05 AM UTC
Description
Small bee. Estimated 1/4"
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May 6, 2019
11:11 PM PDT
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May 6, 2019
06:48 PM ADT
Description
Seen with a 2nd bee of similar appearance and behaviour, observed separately, zipping around and landing on the mulch around a cultivated heather.
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May 6, 2019
07:29 PM PDT
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May 6, 2019
09:25 PM CDT
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May 7, 2019
01:12 AM UTC
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May 5, 2019
06:16 PM CDT
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May 5, 2019
07:49 PM CDT
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May 5, 2019
08:54 PM CDT
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May 5, 2019
07:32 PM PDT
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May 5, 2019
10:26 PM CDT
Description
About 11 mm long in a prickly pear flower.
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April 27, 2019
04:26 PM MDT
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April 26, 2019
02:52 PM PDT
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April 23, 2019
01:55 PM HST
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April 23, 2019
05:07 PM PDT
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April 23, 2019
08:31 AM PDT
Description
On a prickly pear (Opuntia sp) flower.
Carlsbad, CA
P1130525
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April 19, 2019
09:40 PM MST
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April 21, 2019
10:53 PM UTC
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April 21, 2019
07:31 PM CDT
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April 21, 2019
03:49 PM PDT
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April 20, 2019
09:35 PM CDT
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April 20, 2019
10:13 PM MST
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March 15, 2019
12:39 AM MST
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April 20, 2019
09:57 AM CDT
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April 6, 2019
05:43 PM UTC
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April 19, 2019
03:39 PM PDT
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April 18, 2019
05:44 AM HST
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April 19, 2019
12:30 AM EDT
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April 18, 2019
06:57 PM EDT
Description
Female capping her nest. Took her maybe 3 days to fill the hole (pine, 5/16" diameter, 6" depth). Here's a pic of hotel:
Osmia taurus is native to East Asia, inadvertently introduced to the United States in 1970s along with Osmia cornifrons. This species is apparently one of the first to emerge and can provision young with poor-quality pollen such as that collected from wind-pollinated plants. Seems to be displacing native mason bees for this reason and also (per Packer lab at York University) because mason bee houses are so popular.
(Note: I just altered Establishment Means so that this species shows up as introduced in North America.)
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April 18, 2019
08:02 PM EDT
Date Added
April 18, 2019
05:04 PM PDT
Description
Collecting wool from Stachys byzantina.
Animations at 0.5x speed.
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April 18, 2019
02:15 PM EDT
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April 17, 2019
07:52 PM EDT
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April 16, 2019
06:28 PM PDT
Description
San Diego County, California, US
Anthophora californica?