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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 » Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees (Andrenidae) » Panurgine Bees (Panurginae) » Fairy Bees and Allies (Panurgini) » Fairy and Goblin Bees (Perditina) » Fairy Bees (Perdita) » Subgenus Pygoperdita (Perdita Subgenus Pygoperdita)
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Small bee on Tidy Tips - Perdita - male
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Small bee on Tidy Tips - Perdita - Male
Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
March 30, 2014
This small bee was on Tiday Tips (Layia platyglossa) in a friend's garden. Any information about its identity will be greatly appreciated!

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Small bee on Tidy Tips - Perdita - male Small bee on Tidy Tips - Perdita
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Contributed by nvhamlett@gmail.com on 5 April, 2014 - 11:36pm
Last updated 6 April, 2014 - 9:15pm

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 6 April, 2014 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

Could be Perdita layiae
Male
… John S. Ascher, 6 April, 2014 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting...
Thanks for the ID and the species possibility! The plant is certainly right for P. layiae, and I haven't seen a Perdita that looks like this before. I'll see if I can spot any more and collect a specimen. I'll also check for Perdita on the Layia hieracioides at the field station.
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