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solitary bees?
Copyright © 2012 Cordillera

solitary bees?
Jefferson County, Washington, USA
September 22, 2011
After never seeing any insects around these holes in a sandy bluff on a saltwater shoreline, today there were many solitary bees flying in, around, and out of them. yellow-jacket sized, with strong stripes on their relatively hairless (as far as I could tell through my binoculars watching them 20 feet up the bluff) abdomen. They were too far up the bluff to get a photo of them, but here are some photos of the bluff with all the holes.

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solitary bees? solitary bees? solitary bees?
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Contributed by Cordillera on 22 August, 2012 - 3:46pm
Last updated 12 October, 2014 - 5:59pm

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 11 October, 2014 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
Macrotera. I was going to say M. opuntiae, but I'm not sure if there are other options--hopefully John Ascher will comment. The bees are prickly pear specialists.
… Charley Eiseman, 24 August, 2012 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

 
more likely Anthophora
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… John S. Ascher, 25 August, 2012 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh, I see
I guess I read "sandy bluff" as "sandstone bluff." Anthophora does make more sense if this wasn't stone.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 August, 2012 - 10:55pm login or register to post comments

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