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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Carpenter and Small carpenter Bees (Xylocopinae) » Small Carpenter Bees (Ceratina) » Subgenus Zadontomerus (Ceratina Subgenus Zadontomerus)
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Tiny Metallic Green Wasp - Ceratina
Copyright © 2008 Natalie McNear

Tiny Metallic Green Wasp - Ceratina
Marin County, California, USA
May 10, 2008
Size: 7mm
I found this small Hymenopteran in some water, and I can't find something like it in the Guide. I'm not even completely sure it's a wasp and not some sort of bee.

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Contributed by Natalie McNear on 11 May, 2008 - 2:23am
Last updated 6 March, 2014 - 8:08am

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Zadontomerus.
… John S. Ascher, 6 March, 2014 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Small Carpenter Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 6 March, 2014 - 8:07am login or register to post comments

This is "some sort of bee".
Actually a so-called "small Carpenter Bee" (Ceratina sp.). A female, as a male would have a white patch on lower face - the females of some species also have one.
… Richard Vernier, 11 May, 2008 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

 
Re: This is "some sort of bee".
Thank you for the reply. Is there some physical characteristic that easily separates small bees from small wasps? I am not too educated on Hymenopteran morphology, though it would be nice to know if there was a way to separate the bees from the wasps when I first come across them (the smaller varieties of both look basically the same to me).
… Natalie McNear, 11 May, 2008 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Not a bad questiion!
All I can say is that the antennas look bee-like to me.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 23 June, 2009 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

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