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Centris pallida
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Copyright © 2013
nebulanut
Gray bee -
Centris pallida
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North Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
I found it already dead in my back yard. Have never seen a bee like this in Arizona, and I've been here over 20 years.
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Contributed by
nebulanut
on 17 March, 2013 - 10:25pm
Last updated 21 June, 2014 - 12:06am
Moved
Moved from
pallida or tiburonensis
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John S. Ascher
, 21 June, 2014 - 12:06am
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Moved
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John S. Ascher
, 18 March, 2013 - 3:19pm
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John S. Ascher
, 18 March, 2013 - 3:18pm
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Are you 100% sure? This bee
Are you 100% sure? This bee doesn't look like the photos of the other bees. But I will take your word for it if you are 100% sure. Thank you.
So I also emailed an entomologist at the University of Arizona (Carl Olson). He said this, "That is a digger bee Centris pallida, probably a pollinator of palo verde, used to be in the family Anthophoridae."
Found info on this cool bee through ASU. http://askabiologist.asu.edu/explore/desert-digger-bees Excellent info on behavior. I really dig this digger bee!
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nebulanut
, 18 March, 2013 - 7:48pm
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Centris (Paracentris)
male
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John S. Ascher
, 18 March, 2013 - 3:18pm
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Don't take my word for it. .
. . but looks like
Centris
(Apinae).
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, 18 March, 2013 - 7:04am
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