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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) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Digger Bees (Anthophorini) » Digger Bees (Anthophora)
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Anthophora urbana? Actually, Anthophora californica - Anthophora
Copyright © 2008 Ron Hemberger

Anthophora urbana? Actually, Anthophora californica - Anthophora
James Dilley Greenbelt Preserve, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
September 17, 2008

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 17 September, 2008 - 10:36pm
Last updated 5 September, 2018 - 9:33pm

Moved
Moved from California Digger.
… John S. Ascher, 5 September, 2018 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthophora urbana.
… John S. Ascher, 15 November, 2009 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthophora.
… John S. Ascher, 15 November, 2009 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

it may be A. californica
if the white abdominal bands are integumental and not hair bands (I can't tell for sure)
… John S. Ascher, 18 September, 2008 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, John, for the two bee IDs.
And also for the info here. I'm pretty sure the bands are not hair. There's a fuzzy in-flight photo that should tell me for certain.

(Written later) Photo added at far righ confirms John's suspicions.

If an editor reads this, we need a new species page for A. californica.
… Ron Hemberger, 18 September, 2008 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

 
if bands are integumental then it is californica
they appear to be but I'm not certain
… John S. Ascher, 15 November, 2009 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

 
I believe that's correct.
Thanks for taking another look.
… Ron Hemberger, 15 November, 2009 - 11:59am login or register to post comments

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