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Andrena (Melandrena) ? - Andrena fuscicauda - female

Andrena (Melandrena) ? - Andrena fuscicauda - Female
near Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA
March 18, 2010
Size: ~7mm
Foraging in a Ceanothus hybrid in my garden.

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Andrena (Trachandrena) fuscicauda
female

 
Thanks, John!
I was happy to see this species in my garden, and wonder to what extent bees that survived the Station fire (i.e. in diapause & in islands of less severe burn, or unburned pockets) might seek foraging grounds in the valleys.

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