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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 » Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees (Halictidae) » Sweat and Furrow Bees (Halictinae) » Halictini » Lasioglossum
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Wrong, not Andrenidae! - Lasioglossum - male
Copyright © 2015 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Wrong, not Andrenidae! - Lasioglossum - Male
Santa Cruz, RMG, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
June 17, 2015
Size: ~8 or 9mm
It was pretty small. Due to its long abdomen it might be 9mm. I think it is male, but that is speculative. There is an abundance of holes in the garden of variable size. It is becoming impossible to keep up with the hymenopterans! I will add the plant ID later. It seemed that there were pygmy mason wasps on the same plant, but they moved to fast, and seemed to vacate when the miner bees showed up in surprising number. (Maybe 8 or 10 individuals). The even smaller mason wasps (I believe that's what they were) also were in a group of eight or so.
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Late addition: This plant is called "Coyote Bush" it is a tall narrow bush with small leaves. It is a native Californian plant.

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Wrong, not Andrenidae! - Lasioglossum - male Wrong, not Andrenidae! - Lasioglossum - male
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 17 June, 2015 - 9:00pm
Last updated 18 June, 2015 - 3:17am

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 17 June, 2015 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the correction!
Sadly, I find it hard to distinguish the two groups! The bush it is on is called "Coyote Bush". It is a native Californian plant in naturalist Randall Morgan's garden. His native plants result in a wide diversity of insects.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 18 June, 2015 - 3:14am login or register to post comments

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