Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera)
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Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps
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Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees
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Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae)
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Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae)
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Mason bees and relatives (Osmiini)
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Mason Bees (Osmia)
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Subgenus Osmia (Osmia Subgenus Osmia)
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Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria)
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Osmia lignaria propinqua
Subspecies
Osmia lignaria propinqua
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon
(Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon
(Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family
Megachilidae (Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies)
Subfamily
Megachilinae (Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives)
Tribe
Osmiini (Mason bees and relatives)
Genus
Osmia
(Mason Bees)
No Taxon
(Subgenus Osmia)
Species
lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Subspecies
propinqua
(Osmia lignaria propinqua)
Range
Western North America
Contributed by
Will Chatfield-Taylor
on 18 April, 2007 - 7:56pm
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 23 April, 2015 - 4:10pm