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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 » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Digger Bees (Anthophorini) » Habropoda » Habropoda depressa
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Bee aggregation - Habropoda depressa
Copyright © 2014 Scott Loarie

Bee aggregation - Habropoda depressa
UC Berkeley campus, Alameda County, California, USA
March 11, 2014
Size: size of honey bee
Hundreds of these bees swarming around an underground nest in an English Ivy pseudolandscaped area with planted redwoods. Could see bees coming out of numerous tunnels and some tumbling balls of wrestling bees on the ground (mating behaviour?)
Still have this bee, if I can provide a photo of a character that would help with the ID - let me know
I'm thinking something like Diadasia

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Contributed by Scott Loarie on 11 March, 2014 - 5:32pm
Last updated 11 March, 2014 - 6:33pm

Moved
Moved from Habropoda.
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 11 March, 2014 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

Looks most like H. depressa
Any other images? Photos of forewings will help.
Good to see that these are coming out despite the California drought.
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 11 March, 2014 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Just added an image of the fo
Just added an image of the forewing
… Scott Loarie, 11 March, 2014 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Forewing confirms it as Habropoda, so this is indeed H. depressa.
Thanks!
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 11 March, 2014 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 11 March, 2014 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Keng-Lou!
Thanks Keng-Lou!
… Scott Loarie, 11 March, 2014 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

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