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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) » Mason Bees (Osmia) » Subgenus Osmia (Osmia Subgenus Osmia) » Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria)

Species Osmia lignaria - Blue Orchard Bee

Osmia lignaria lignaria · Osmia lignaria propinqua

Subspecies Osmia lignaria lignaria
Bee - Osmia lignaria - female Osmia lignaria lignaria - Osmia lignaria - female Bee species - Osmia lignaria Bee - Osmia lignaria Blueish Bee? - Osmia lignaria Osmia ? - Osmia lignaria Dark-faced Osmia? on Purple Phacelia - Osmia lignaria Blue Orchard Bee? Osmia lignaria - Osmia lignaria

Subspecies Osmia lignaria propinqua
Unknown Osmia sp. - Osmia lignaria - female Mason Bee - Osmia? - Osmia lignaria - female Bee - Osmia lignaria - female Osmia lignaria? - Osmia lignaria Osmia? - Osmia lignaria Bee sp. - Osmia lignaria orchard mason bee - Osmia lignaria Blue bee visiting bee house - Osmia lignaria - female


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