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Nomadinae? - Stelis
Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Nomadinae? - Stelis
Long Canyon, Orange County, California, USA
May 7, 2007
Size: ~6 mm
I managed to get only one shot of this little bee, in Eriophyllum confertiflorum .
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 9 May, 2007 - 2:56pm
Last updated 4 June, 2010 - 3:36pm

Moved
Moved from Megachilinae.
… John S. Ascher, 4 June, 2010 - 3:36pm

Moved
Moved from Osmiini.
… John S. Ascher, 8 November, 2009 - 3:42pm

Megachilinae
but no longer sure of tribe (it could be Stelis in Anthidiini)
… John S. Ascher, 8 November, 2009 - 3:41pm

Osmiini
interesting red tegulae!
… John S. Ascher, 11 May, 2007 - 10:55am

 
Thanks, John,
do you go by the broad head & thorax in this case? The red tegulae misled me.
… Hartmut Wisch, 11 May, 2007 - 11:28am

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