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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 » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Mason bees and relatives (Osmiini) » Hoplitis » Subgenus Alcidamea sensu stricto (Hoplitis Subgenus Alcidamea sensu stricto) » Hoplitis producta
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Neat little bee - Hoplitis producta - male
Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Neat little bee - Hoplitis producta - Male
Riley Wilderness Park, Coto De Caza, Orange County, California, USA
March 29, 2007
Size: ~5mm
On a tiny flower in high wind. Got only one shot, and wished for more.
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 3 April, 2007 - 4:27pm
Last updated 27 February, 2008 - 4:17pm

Moved
Moved from Hoplitis.
This image would benefit from some cropping.
… Beatriz Moisset, 27 February, 2008 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not so sure.
It's starting to lose detail in the thorax at this size. I'd give it a try, but have a new computer with now-jumbled files and no editing software for the next month. Give it a shot, if you'd like.
… Ron Hemberger, 27 February, 2008 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Cropping
Cropping doesn't affect the image. Read this discussion and this article.
… Beatriz Moisset, 28 February, 2008 - 7:09am login or register to post comments

 
Cropping does affect the presentation of the image.
Less with very crisp, large images, which this is not. Play with it and see.
… Ron Hemberger, 28 February, 2008 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

Hoplitis (Alcidamea) producta gracilis (Michener)
male

note the hooked apical flagellomere

the tiny flower may be Cryptantha
… John S. Ascher, 3 April, 2007 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much, John
Hope I get another chance at this one.
… Ron Hemberger, 3 April, 2007 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

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