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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 » Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees (Colletidae) » Masked Bees (Hylaeus) » Subgenus Prosopis (Hylaeus Subgenus Prosopis)
Photo#81474
Colletidae - Hylaeus - Hylaeus - female
Copyright © 2006 Lloyd and Sandy Spitalnik

Colletidae - Hylaeus - Hylaeus - Female
Central Park, New York County, New York, USA
September 10, 2006
Only image available.
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Contributed by Lloyd and Sandy Spitalnik on 4 October, 2006 - 7:55pm
Last updated 21 April, 2008 - 9:58pm

Moved
Moved from Yellow-masked Bees.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 21 April, 2008 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

Hylaeus (Prosopis) affinis or modestus
females of these species are nearly identical
… John S. Ascher, 5 October, 2006 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John
Always appreciate the ID info. Moved to genus page. Sandy
… Lloyd and Sandy Spitalnik, 5 October, 2006 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

Yes.
Your identification is spot on! Great image as well.
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 October, 2006 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Eric.
Truth is I had written it off as an unidentifiable wasp til I came across a pic here by pure luck:-) Sandy
… Lloyd and Sandy Spitalnik, 4 October, 2006 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

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