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Diadasia burrows? - Diadasia australis
Copyright © 2008 Hartmut Wisch

Diadasia burrows? - Diadasia australis
Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, Irwindale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
May 6, 2008
Samples of some of the many burrows (opening diameter ~ 8mm, though I have to go back to measure). Hope for sun tomorrow to see some females arrive with pollen packets.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 7 May, 2008 - 11:06am
Last updated 21 May, 2008 - 7:59pm

Moved
Moved from Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees.
… Hartmut Wisch, 21 May, 2008 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthophorine Bees.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 May, 2008 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

Anthophorinae.
Anthophorinae at any rate, as the little turrets are pretty much restricted to that group. Neat images!
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 May, 2008 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the reminder, Eric -
I completely forgot to move these images to Diadasia since discovering that's what they are. By watching who goes in & out, taking specimens, as well as photos identified by John Ascher, I found that they're built & used by Diadasia australis californica .
Fascinating also to watch other insects around the periphery: Solierella 1 darting in and out of burrows, though more in an area where (possibly older) some burrows are being used by Anthidium utahensis.
Then there are the bee flies ovipositing (mostly P. fulvicoma , P. syrtis ).
And there's more...
… Hartmut Wisch, 21 May, 2008 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

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