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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) » Woodborer Bees (Lithurginae) » Lithurgopsis » Lithurgopsis apicalis
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Mason Bee With Green Neck & Long Tongue - Lithurgopsis apicalis - male
Copyright © 2015 Bob Biagi

Mason Bee With Green Neck & Long Tongue - Lithurgopsis apicalis - Male
Tonopah Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
April 4, 2015
Size: 10mm
This bee is in a Prickly Pear Cactus, Opuntia Engelmannii. His neck appears to be green and I don't think that it is a camera error. I have seen some yellow colored necks, in some other peoples images of Lithurgopsis sp. and I don't know if it is a character of any one species. After sipping some nectar, we can see his very long tongue! (approx. 4mm)

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Mason Bee With Green Neck & Long Tongue - Lithurgopsis apicalis - male Mason Bee With Green Neck & Long Tongue - Lithurgopsis apicalis - male Mason Bee With Green Neck & Long Tongue - Lithurgopsis apicalis - male Mason Bee With Green Neck & Long Tongue - Lithurgopsis apicalis - male Mason Bee With Green Neck & Long Tongue - Lithurgopsis apicalis - male Mason Bee With Green Neck & Long Tongue - Lithurgopsis apicalis - male
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Contributed by Bob Biagi on 17 April, 2015 - 11:56am
Last updated 28 March, 2019 - 11:33pm

Moved
Moved from Northern Cactus Woodborers.
… John S. Ascher, 28 March, 2019 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.
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Thanks
John, thanks for being an ID monster! I'm going to submit a few more of this genus, before looking over the Chimney Bees.
… Bob Biagi, 17 April, 2015 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

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