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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 » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Mason bees and relatives (Osmiini) » Mason Bees (Osmia) » Subgenus Osmia (Osmia Subgenus Osmia) » Blueberry Mason Bee (Osmia ribifloris)
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Megachilidae - Osmia ribifloris
Copyright © 2010 Breck Bartholomew

Megachilidae - Osmia ribifloris
Cottonwood Heights, Utah, USA, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
May 16, 2010
As far as I can tell this is an Megachilidae, but I don't have a key that goes beyond this. I will add several photos: full body, anterior dorsal head, anterior ventral head, front wing, hind wing, and base of wings showing parasitic mites. This is the full body (about 1 cm long)

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Contributed by Breck Bartholomew on 18 May, 2010 - 11:35am
Last updated 29 June, 2012 - 5:19pm

Moved
Moved from Blue Orchard Bee.
… John S. Ascher, 29 June, 2012 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Breck Bartholomew, 18 May, 2010 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

Looks like masom Bee
Looks like Osmia lignaria - Blue Orchard Bee - a type of Mason Bee; but I am not an expert; hopefully a real expert can confirm species.
… Jim Moore, 18 May, 2010 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks. That seems to fit. No
Thanks. That seems to fit. Now I need to figure out how to transfer the images to Osmia lignaria instead of the id request. Do I have to delete them and reload or is there a way to reassign them?
… Breck Bartholomew, 18 May, 2010 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

 
"seems to fit"
is not good enough
… John S. Ascher, 29 June, 2012 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

 
moving photos from ID request
Click on the help tab and then on the "Images - How to submit them, tag them, move them, ..." Link. The info is fairly simple.
… Jim Moore, 18 May, 2010 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

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