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Small bee with big scopa - Calliopsis barbata - female
Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Small bee with big scopa - Calliopsis barbata - Female
Eaton Canyon Natural Area, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 25, 2007
Size: 6 mm
A small Anthophorid (?) in Phacelia distans. Saw just a few of these, very busy, constantly moving. Will try to get better pictures tomorrow.
Scopa seem to indicate that it has been collecting pollen (+?) these Phacelia flowers.
Update: Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) acc. to John Ascher (see comments below).
Please see also separately posted images of this sp. here: 1 .

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 26 April, 2007 - 11:50pm
Last updated 8 December, 2009 - 2:29pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Nomadopsis sensu lato.
… John S. Ascher, 8 December, 2009 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Calliopsis.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 19 July, 2009 - 10:08am login or register to post comments

Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) female
with pollen enveloping scopa

I'm in Belize now but will attempt a species ID (based in large part on host plant) when I return to NYC
… John S. Ascher, 6 May, 2007 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much, John,
and have a good time (and much success) in Belize!
Have temporarily parked this under Calliopsis .
I've posted two images separately that show the abdominal pattern better.
… Hartmut Wisch, 6 May, 2007 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

Perdita?
I suspect this is a large species of Perdita, though will be interested in what John Ascher determines. What you are seeing is not the scopa, but a huge blob of pollen and nectar adhering to her hind leg. I have seen many Perdita with just this sort of appearance.
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 April, 2007 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Eric,
I understand that the blue blobs are a mixture of pollen and nectar, just didn't express myself clearly. I read that they're minute (2 mm) to small...
… Hartmut Wisch, 27 April, 2007 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Most of them are small....
....but not all. The thing that is most inconsistent is how hairy this one is. Might be something else in the Pangurinae then. I'm probably way off, but I'll be curious to see:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 April, 2007 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Inspite of small size
(well, big if Panurginae), the polychrome abdomen was obvious even without looking through the lens. It'll certainly be interesting to learn exactly what this is, so I'll try to find it again in the next few days.
… Hartmut Wisch, 27 April, 2007 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

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